Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2009, France's unemployment by sex and age increased by 23.8% compared to 2008, reaching 25.0%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 21.2%.

France ranks 10th 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 15.2% (from 21.7% in 2004).

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