Statistics on unemployment benefits paid by Kela
The statistics present a general picture of the basic economic security that Kela provides for unemployed persons. They cover
- labour market subsidy
- basic unemployment allowance
- benefits paid during participation in employment-promoting measures
- job alternation compensations, and commuting
- relocation allowances.
Latest release
30.10.2024
Expenditure on unemployment benefits amounted to EUR 3,820 million in 2023. Unemployment funds accounted for a total of EUR 1,888 million and Kela for EUR 1,932 million.
Following a sharp decline in the previous year, nominal expenditure on unemployment benefits increased slightly in 2023. Overall benefit expenditure increased 4% over 2022, with the expenditure on earnings-related benefits up by 2.6% and the expenditure on basic benefits by 4.8%. In real terms, the expenditure on unemployment benefits decreased 2.4% from the previous year.
At year-end 2023, the recipients of basic unemployment allowance numbered 35 213. The number of recipients increased by 6,756 from the previous year. Women represented 45% of those receiving basic unemployment allowance at the end of the year. Fifteen percent of the recipients were under the age of 25 years and 21% aged 50 years or over.
Statistical publications
- Statistics on unemployment protection in Finland
- Kela Statistical Yearbook
- Pocket Statistics
- Kela’s statistics in charts
Statistical Database Kelasto
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How to work with reports in Kelasto.
- Unemployment benefits provided by Kela: Number of recipients and benefits paid out
- Unemployment benefits provided by Kela: Analysis by basis of eligibility
- Unemployment benefits provided by Kela: Number of recipients at end of month
- Number of recipients of labour market subsidy partly financed by municipalities and benefit expenditure
- Number of recipients of labour market subsidy newly enrolled in employment promoting service
- Number of recipients of labour market subsidy by type of employment promoting service and days of payment
- Duration of receipt of labour market subsidy
- Number of recipients of labour market subsidy by cumulative days of payment and basis of eligibility
Open data
- Unemployment benefits provided by Kela: Number of recipients at end of month (avoindata.fi)
- Unemployment benefits provided by Kela: Analysis by basis of eligibility (avoindata.fi)
- Number of recipients of labour market subsidy partly financed by municipalities and benefit expenditure: Whole country (avoindata.fi)
- Number of recipients of labour market subsidy partly financed by municipalities and benefit expenditure according to municipality (avoindata.fi)
- Number of recipients of labour market subsidy by cumulative days of payment and basis of eligibility (avoindata.fi)
Additional information
Contact information
Markus Valle
Margit Tepponen
tilastot@kela.fi
