Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2024, France's unemployment by sex and age increased by 8.7% compared to 2023, reaching 18.7%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 14.9%.

France ranks 11th 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 9.7% (from 20.7% in 2019).

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