Statistics Finland Number of employed persons close to one year ago, more unemployed than one year earlier According to Statistics Finland’s Labour Force Survey, the number of employed people was slightly lower in November 2020 than one year back. There were 27,000 more unemployed than in November 2019. The trend of the employment rate was 72.2 per cent and the trend of the unemployment rate was 8.1 per cent. Employment rate and trend of employment rate 2010/11–2020/11, persons aged 15–64 Employment and unemployment vary quite considerably by month and the change from the observation of the previous month mainly describes the seasonal aspect rather than the trend in development.