Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2025, France's unemployment by sex and age increased by 4.1% compared to 2024, reaching 7.7%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 6.0%.

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 3.7% (from 8.0% in 2020).

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