Finland’s unemployment rate rose to 10.4% in September 2026 from 9.1% in the same month last year, marking the highest level since May. The number of unemployed increase by 39,000 from a year earlier to 298,000, comprising 159,000 men and 139,000 women. By gender, the male unemployment rate rose to 10.9%, while the female rate increase to 9.8%, 1.1 percentage points higher than a year earlier. Among younger workers aged 15–24, the unemployment rate ticked up to 22.0%, which was 5.4 percentage points higher than a year earlier. Meanwhile, employment decrease by 11,000 to 2.578 million, bringing the labour force participation rate to 69.0% from 68.3% a year earlier. The employment rate for those aged 20–64 also climbed to 75.1% from 75.9%.