International Labor Comparisons

Country at a Glance

Finland, selected international labor statistics, 2009–11
Indicator	Unit	Report	Time Series	2009	2010	2011
Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing
Hourly compensation costs	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	43.47	41.10	44.14
Hourly pay for time worked	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	25.73	24.60	26.43
Hourly directly paid benefits	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	8.29	7.93	8.51
Hourly social insurance expenditures and labor-related taxes	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	9.45	8.57	9.20
Productivity and unit labor costs in manufacturing
Productivity (output per hour)	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	116.1	129.1	128.9
Output	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	99.4	108.5	110.6
Hours worked	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	85.6	84.1	85.8
Unit labor costs in U.S. dollars	Annual growth rate	HTM	XLS	159.0	136.9	147.6
Labor market
Unemployment rate - Total	Percent of civilian labor force	HTM		–	8.4	–
Employment-population ratio - Total	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM		–	55.2	–
Labor force participation rate
Labor force participation rate - Men	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM		–	64.5	–
Labor force participation rate - Women	Percent of civilian working-age population	HTM		–	56.1	–
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
GDP per capita	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	35,782	36,802	37,636
GDP per hour	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	45.98	47.42	48.08
GDP per employed person	U.S. dollars	HTM	XLS	76,909	79,526	80,779
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of International Labor Comparisons.

Last Modified Date: December 21, 2012