Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2009, France's unemployment by sex and age increased by 23.0% compared to 2008, reaching 9.1%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.3%.

France ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.2% (from 8.9% in 2004).

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