Statistics on discrimination

 

The Fundamental Rights Barometer

The Fundamental Rights Barometer (published 2021) is a research project carried out by the Ministry of Justice and the Human Rights Centre, which examined the views and experiences of people with disabilities or functional limitations as well as people belonging to linguistic minorities (Russian, Arabic and Swedish-speakers) on fundamental rights. 

The barometer is based on an online survey prepared by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. The barometer’s survey was carried out by Taloustutkimus in 2019, and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) was responsible for the report’s statistics. 

The results of the Fundamental Rights Barometer cannot be fully generalised, as the share of respondents to the survey is low for some respondent groups. The share of respondents who have not responded is also high in many respondent groups.

The Results from the Fundamental Rights Barometer tool has been produced as part of the project Know Equality, supported by the Rights, Equality and Citizenship (REC) Programme of the European Union (2014-2020).

Did You Know That?

Based on the results of the Fundamental Rights Barometer (2021), the Did You Know That? campaign aims to make visible discrimination in the working life and job-seeking process.

The Did You Know That? campaign has been produced as part of the project Know Equality, supported by the Rights, Equality and Citizenship (REC) Programme of the European Union (2014-2020).

An infograph that reads: Did you know that 25% of the population have experienced discrimination at work or in the job-seeking process during the last five years? 39% have experienced discrimination due to a disability and 48.5% due to having a foreign language background. Source: Fundamental Rights Barometer (2021).

An infograph that reads: Did you know that 53% of discrimination experienced at work or in the job-seeking process took place during the last 12 months. Source: Fundamental Rights Barometer (2021).

An infograph that reads: "Did you know that 93% of those who have experienced discrimination have not reported the discrimination experienced at work or in the job-seeking process. Source: Fundamental Rights Barometer (2021)."

An infograph that reads: "Did you know that 48% of those who have experienced discrimination at work or in the job-seeking process did not report the discrimination because they felt that doing so would have no effect. Source: Fundamental Rights Barometer (2021)."

An infograph that reads: Did you know that the Non-Discrimination Act prohibits discrimination based on such factors as age, health and sexual orientation? 30% are unaware of the act that prohibits discrimination based on a jobseeker’s age. 34% are unaware of the act that prohibits discrimination based on a jobseeker’s disability. 40% are unaware of the act that prohibits discrimination based on a jobseeker’s sexual orientation. Source: Fundamental Rights Barometer (2021).