FR · 2018 · une_rt_a

Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

France, 2018

Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
22.0%
France, 2018
▼ 6.4% vs 2017 (23.5%)
Analysis

In 2018, France's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 6.4% compared to 2017, reaching 22.0%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.7%.

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 16.7% (from 26.4% in 2013).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#5 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
131.7%
EU-27: 16.7%
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