Employment — national citizens

In 2021, France's employment increased by 2.5% compared to 2020, reaching 25,470k.

France accounts for 14.4% of the EU-27 total of 177,389k.

France ranks 2nd out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.8% (from 24,772k in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.