Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2022, France's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 7.6% compared to 2021, reaching 7.3%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 6.2%.

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 22.3% (from 9.4% in 2017).

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