Finland: employment by industry 2023

In 2023, health sector and social work activities employed around 419,000 people in Finland. That year, the second largest industry sector was manufacturing with roughly 342,000 employees. Other major industries included professional, scientific, and technical activities, administration, as well as wholesale and retail trade.

Number of employed people in Finland in 2023, by industry (in 1,000)

Characteristic	Number of employed people in thousands
Human health and social work activities	419
Manufacturing	342
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	282
Education	193
Professional, scientific and technical activities	191
Construction	182
Administrative and support service activities	144
Information and communication	139
Transportation and storage	134
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	125
Accommodation and food service activities	97
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining and quarrying	96
Other service activitie	91
Financial and insurance activities, real estate activities	78
Arts, entertainment and recreation	61
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning and water supply; sewerage and waste management	33
Industry unknown	20

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Release date

January 2024

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Region

Finland

Survey time period

2023

Age group

15-74 years

Supplementary notes

The Labour Force Survey data collection is based on a random sample drawn twice a year from the Statistics Finland population database. The monthly sample consists of some 12,000 persons and the data are collected with computer-assisted telephone interviews.

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