Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2021, France's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 1.2% compared to 2020, reaching 7.9%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 7.1%.

France ranks 5th 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 21.8% (from 10.1% in 2016).

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