Finland - Labor force

Labor force, female (% of total labor force)

Labor force, female (% of total labor force) in Finland was 47.84 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 48.48 in 2009, while its lowest value was 46.93 in 1995.

Definition: Female labor force as a percentage of the total show the extent to which women are active in the labor force. Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.

Source: International Labour Organization, using World Bank population estimates.

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Year Value
1990 47.13
1991 47.07
1992 47.00
1993 46.97
1994 46.95
1995 46.93
1996 46.97
1997 47.06
1998 47.05
1999 47.33
2000 47.49
2001 47.39
2002 47.76
2003 47.61
2004 47.71
2005 48.02
2006 47.94
2007 48.01
2008 47.82
2009 48.48
2010 47.84

Labor force, total

The value for Labor force, total in Finland was 2,694,739 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,736,042 in 2008 and a minimum value of 2,489,389 in 1994.

Definition: Total labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who meet the International Labour Organization definition of the economically active population: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes both the employed and the unemployed. While national practices vary in the treatment of such groups as the armed forces and seasonal or part-time workers, in general the labor force includes the armed forces, the unemployed, and first-time job-seekers, but excludes homemakers and other unpaid caregivers and workers in the informal sector.

Source: International Labour Organization, using World Bank population estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 2,615,134
1991 2,573,457
1992 2,532,016
1993 2,509,083
1994 2,489,389
1995 2,514,556
1996 2,522,956
1997 2,510,664
1998 2,535,744
1999 2,585,530
2000 2,613,577
2001 2,633,301
2002 2,635,996
2003 2,625,515
2004 2,620,800
2005 2,639,476
2006 2,681,761
2007 2,708,361
2008 2,736,042
2009 2,692,125
2010 2,694,739

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Labor force structure