Finland's unemployment rate decreased marginally in February after rising to an 8-month high in the previous month, figures from Statistics Finland showed on Tuesday.
The jobless rate among the 15-74 age groups dropped to 9.4 percent in February from 9.5 percent in January.
In the same month last year, the unemployment rate was 7.8 percent.
The number of unemployed people declined to 263,000 in February from 269,000 in the previous month.
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