Statistics on sickness allowances (OFS)

The statistics on sickness allowances describe the economic security arrangements for employees and self-employed persons during unemployment. They offer data on

• recipients of sickness allowances
• new sickness allowance payments
• days on sickness allowances
• expenditure on sickness allowances.

Statistical publications

• Kela Statistical Yearbook
• Pocket Statistics
• Kela’s statistics in charts

Statistical database Kelasto

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How to work with reports in Kelasto.

• Sickness allowance: Number of recipients and allowances paid out 2020–
• Sickness allowance: Number of recipients and allowances paid out 1993–2019
• Sickness allowance: Duration of new payments 2019–
• Sickness allowance: Duration of new payments 2006–2018
• Sickness allowance: New payments 2004–2019
• Sickness allowance: Number of recipients at end of month 2006–2018

Open data

• Recipients and benefit expenditures by diagnosis, whole country (avoindata.fi)
• Recipients and benefit expenditures by diagnostic category (avoindata.fi)

Additional information

• Statistical Information Service
• Publication calendar

Contact information

Siru Keskinen
Reeta Pösö
tilastot@kela.fi