The Vaasa region is one of Finland’s best areas for job seekers. The unemployment rate has been among the lowest in mainland Finland for a long time and there is continuous demand for new skilled workers in the region.
Long-term unemployment and youth unemployment in the Vaasa region are also clearly below the national average.
Commuting statistics show that Vaasa is a relatively large employment area, with people commuting to work from distances of up to about 100 kilometres.
Employed refers to a person who is in paid employment and is not a registered unemployed job seeker or performing military or civil service.
Unemployed means a person who is registered as a job seeker in the employment area and who does not have an employment relationship and is not employed through business activities or in their own work. Also counted as unemployed are those laid off and persons whose regular weekly working time is less than four hours. Full-time students are not counted as unemployed. Pupils and students, persons in employment-promoting services or recipients of unemployment pension are not classified as unemployed.
The labour force includes persons who are either employed or unemployed. The source used here is the Ministry of Employment and the Economy’s job placement statistics. Statistics Finland’s and the job placement statistics’ employment figures differ somewhat. The Ministry’s figures are based on the customer registers of the TE offices, while Statistics Finland’s unemployment figures are based on a sample-based labour force survey.
Job vacancies and new open vacancies. Open vacancies are the number of announced open positions and new open vacancies are the number of new open positions announced during the statistical month. Open and new open vacancies are based on the numbers of open and new open vacancies reported to Employment Services.
NOTE! The so-called “official” employment and unemployment rates are reported based on the labour force survey (the most recent figures from the sample survey are reported only at the regional and national level). The unemployment rate for the whole population is calculated as the percentage of unemployed 15–74-year-olds of the labour force of the same age. The employment rate for the whole population is calculated as the percentage of employed 15–64-year-olds of the population of the same age.
Youth unemployed. A youth unemployed person is an unemployed person under 25. The youth unemployment rate means the percentage of unemployed under-25s of the labour force of the same age.
Long-term unemployed. The indicator includes those who have been continuously registered as unemployed job seekers for at least one year. The share of long-term unemployed is presented as a percentage of the unemployed.
Commuting. Commuting refers to working outside one’s municipality of residence. Net commuting refers to the difference between the number of people working outside the municipality and the number of people coming to the municipality from elsewhere to work.
Job self-sufficiency. Job self-sufficiency indicates the relationship between the number of people working in the area and the number of employed residents of the area.
More statistics
Here you can find information, among other things, about the ages of people living in the region and their native languages.
Statistics on the region’s attractiveness include, for example, migration, numbers of students, residents’ average earnings and housing transactions.
Business activity and regional economy
Explore business sector indicators: number of companies, turnover, industry distribution and exports as well as R&D figures.
Municipal reagional information and service areas
Here you can find the most recent population figures by municipality and population figures of districts as a map. Also check the numbers of jobs in municipalities and accessibility by car to Vaasa city centre.