Unemployment Rate in Finland decreased to 5.90 percent in September from 6.10 percent in August of 2019. Unemployment Rate in Finland averaged 6.40 percent from 1959 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 19.90 percent in May of 1994 and a record low of 0.70 percent in September of 1961. In Finland, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides the latest reported value for – Finland Unemployment Rate – plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.