Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2021, France's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 12.1% compared to 2020, reaching 18.9%.

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

France ranks 9th 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 27.3% (from 26.0% in 2016).

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