Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2020, France's unemployment by sex and age increased by 3.9% compared to 2019, reaching 21.5%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 17.6%.

France ranks 8th 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 17.6% (from 26.1% in 2015).

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