Fewer foreign-language recipients of social assistance and unemployment benefits than before

Fewer foreign-language recipients of social assistance and unemployment benefits than before

Posted by Kela/FPA on September 02, 2026

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The size of the foreign-language population and its percentage of the total Finnish population have increased. In the past decade or so, the percentage of foreign-language recipients of unemployment benefits and social assistance has decreased. A considerable degree of variation exists in the percentages of foreign-language recipients across different Kela benefits.

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The percentage of foreign-language recipients of unemployment benefits and social assistance has decreased despite an increase in the foreign-language population and its share of the total Finnish population. Variations exist across different Kela benefits.

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