FR · 2019 · une_rt_a

Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

France, 2019

Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
8.4%
France, 2019
▼ 6.7% vs 2018 (9.0%)
Analysis

In 2019, France's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 6.7% compared to 2018, reaching 8.4%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 6.8%.

France ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 18.4% (from 10.3% in 2014).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#4 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
123.5%
EU-27: 6.8%
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