In September, Finnish unemployment rose to 9.8 percent, according to Eurostat calculations. This is only 0.7 percentage points behind Spain, where unemployment is estimated to be the highest at 10.5 percent.
Sweden remains with the EU's third highest unemployment rate, at 8.7 percent.
Overall, unemployment was unchanged in September compared to August: 6 percent in the EU as a whole and 6.3 percent in the eurozone.
