Cities with the lowest unemployment in Finland

Finnish cities ranked by published unemployment rate, lowest first, using the current public MigrationFit starter pack.

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Top cities right now: Espoo (7.2 %), Vaasa (8.5 %), Vantaa (8.5 %). Coverage: 15 ranked cities out of 63 eligible in Finland.

#1 Espoo 7.2 %
#2 Vaasa 8.5 %
#3 Vantaa 8.5 %

This is a Finland starter ranking built from the first publishable city slice. It is useful as a first labour-market signal, but coverage is not yet nationwide.

Each ranking is built only from source-backed values. Official, commercial and community sources are labelled separately.

Cities with the lowest unemployment in Finland
1 Espoo 7.2 % KEHA Centre / TEM — monthly unemployment bulletin Official 2026-04-30 A City (PxWeb / Vero / Migri / THL / Traficom / FMI)
2 Vaasa 8.5 % KEHA Centre / TEM — monthly unemployment bulletin Official 2026-04-30 A City (PxWeb / Vero / Migri / THL / Traficom / FMI)
3 Vantaa 8.5 % KEHA Centre / TEM — monthly unemployment bulletin Official 2026-04-30 A City (PxWeb / Vero / Migri / THL / Traficom / FMI)
4 Seinäjoki 9.5 % KEHA Centre / TEM — monthly unemployment bulletin Official 2026-04-30 A City (PxWeb / Vero / Migri / THL / Traficom / FMI)
5 Helsinki 9.8 % KEHA Centre / TEM Official 2026-04-30 A City (KEHA Centre / TEM monthly bulletin, end-Apr 2026)
6 Turku 9.8 % KEHA Centre / TEM — monthly unemployment bulletin Official 2026-04-30 A City (PxWeb / Vero / Migri / THL / Traficom / FMI)
7 Tampere 10.2 % KEHA Centre / TEM — monthly unemployment bulletin Official 2026-04-30 A City (PxWeb / Vero / Migri / THL / Traficom / FMI)
8 Jyväskylä 10.5 % KEHA Centre / TEM — monthly unemployment bulletin Official 2026-04-30 A City (PxWeb / Vero / Migri / THL / Traficom / FMI)
9 Kuopio 11.2 % KEHA Centre / TEM — monthly unemployment bulletin Official 2026-04-30 A City (PxWeb / Vero / Migri / THL / Traficom / FMI)
10 Lappeenranta 11.5 % KEHA Centre / TEM — monthly unemployment bulletin Official 2026-04-30 A City (PxWeb / Vero / Migri / THL / Traficom / FMI)
11 Oulu 11.5 % KEHA Centre / TEM — monthly unemployment bulletin Official 2026-04-30 A City (PxWeb / Vero / Migri / THL / Traficom / FMI)
12 Lahti 11.8 % KEHA Centre / TEM — monthly unemployment bulletin Official 2026-04-30 A City (PxWeb / Vero / Migri / THL / Traficom / FMI)
13 Pori 12 % KEHA Centre / TEM — monthly unemployment bulletin Official 2026-04-30 A City (PxWeb / Vero / Migri / THL / Traficom / FMI)
14 Rovaniemi 13 % KEHA Centre / TEM — monthly unemployment bulletin Official 2026-04-30 A City (PxWeb / Vero / Migri / THL / Traficom / FMI)
15 Joensuu 13.5 % KEHA Centre / TEM — monthly unemployment bulletin Official 2026-04-30 A City (PxWeb / Vero / Migri / THL / Traficom / FMI)

FAQ

How are these rankings built?

Only source-backed values are used. Each row links its source, source type and observation date. Cities without a verified value are excluded.

Why is a ranking empty?

It will show once enough cities have a verified value for that indicator. Until then we show how many cities are already covered.