Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2025, France's unemployment by sex and age increased by 5.3% compared to 2024, reaching 19.7%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 15.2%.

France ranks 7th 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 8.4% (from 21.5% in 2020).

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