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    Finland now has the highest unemployment in Europe 11.6%, worst in over a decade
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    Finland now has the highest unemployment in Europe 11.6%, worst in over a decade

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    4. Ok_Situation_7081 on

      No wonder Finland is rated one of the happiest places on Earth.
      No work = No stress.

    7. frostyrusche on

      Also Finnish government:

      Let’s force our businesses to block almost all economic activities with citizens of country that shares the longest land border and has nearby giant city with population like all Finland combined.
      🥴

    10. Harm101 on

      Always a bit of a bummer that these maps don’t include the data they have on the EEA-members (aka. Euro area), as well.

      Seasonally adjusted unemployment in the ‘Euro area’, April 2026:
      – Iceland, 5,8%
      – Norway, 4,8%
      – Switzerland, N/A (5,0% in March)

      Source: [Eurostat – Euro Indicators (1 June 2026)](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-euro-indicators/w/3-01062026-ap)

      PS: ~~The tables from this source says Finland had an unemployment rate of 10,6%. Maybe a typo on the map?~~

      Stat.fi says it’s 11,6%. No idea why it’s different.

      Edit: Typos and flow.

    11. nygdan on

      When the guy posting about maps doesn’t know the difference between Europe and the EU

    16. Cpt_Morningwood on

      I’m from Finland and this is not a surprise for me. However, I’m surprised in Sweden and Denmark they also have quite a high number in this one?

    17. NKXX2000 on

      Germany is never at 3,8 %, they are just really good here in hiding the real numbers as many are excluded in the regular statistics.

    18. Bearded_Pip on

      If the map only includes EU countries then it should not say Europe in the title. It should say EU.

    20. Visible_Sky_8197 on

      hard to blame everything on one company but the timing definitely makes it an easy story to tell

    23. dirgela on

      I think these statitics are flawed especially comparing the countries. Lithuania has 7.1 unemployment, but you would have big issues finding somebody to do unqualified work in Vilnius. The taxi drivers, garbage men, construction workers are all foreigners. Meaning that locals are simply not taking the jobs and are allowed to be considered unemployed even if there is a plenty of work around. The same is probably in most of the countries with high unemployment levels like Spain, where all hotel workers are clearly not the citizens who better stay unemployed with the safety nets provided by the governments.

    25. Redtube_Guy on

      I wonder what their non-european immigration rate, asylum seeker acceptance is.

    26. Sa-naqba-imuru on

      On the bright side, it’s been very long since only 11% was the highest unemployment rate in Europe.

    27. No_Peach2280 on

      I’m shocked Portugal’s is so low, outside of Lisbon and Porto, when I’ve been driving around there seems to be a LOT of 30-54 year old men and women that sit outside all day drinking and smoking.