In September 2026, the unemployment rate in Finland reached 10.5%, becoming the highest among the EU countries, Izvestia writes, citing data from the EU Statistical Service. A year earlier the figure was 10%. Finland was followed by Spain (10.3%) and Sweden (8.7%), while the average unemployment rate in the European Union was 6.2%. Against the background of the negative dynamics caused, among other things, by the closing of the border with Russia, the Ministry of Finance in the country proposed to raise the retirement age to 70 and change the payment of social benefits.

In September 2026, the unemployment rate in Finland reached 10.5%, becoming the highest among the EU countries, Izvestia writes, citing data from the EU Statistical Service. A year earlier the figure was 10%. Finland was followed by Spain (10.3%) and Sweden (8.7%), while the average unemployment rate in the European Union was 6.2%. Against the background of the negative dynamics caused, among other things, by the closing of the border with Russia, the Ministry of Finance in the country proposed to raise the retirement age to 70 and change the payment of social benefits.