EU 6.25
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France: Unemployment rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
7.70% of labour force
EU 6.25 · +1.5 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
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Regional map
· 2025 · 26 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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2+119.48
16.90
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3+115.58
16.60
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4+111.69
16.30
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5+74.03
13.40
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6+16.88
9.00
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7+15.58
8.90
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8+14.29
8.80
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9+6.49
8.20
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10+3.90
8.00
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11+1.30
7.80
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12+0.00
7.70
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13-2.60
7.50
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14-5.19
7.30
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14-5.19
7.30
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16-7.79
7.10
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17-9.09
7.00
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17-9.09
7.00
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19-14.29
6.60
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19-14.29
6.60
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21-15.58
6.50
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22-16.88
6.40
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22-16.88
6.40
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24-19.48
6.20
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25-20.78
6.10
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26-27.27
5.60
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27-33.77
5.10
More context on this indicator
At a glance
France performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Unemployment rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in France
In France, Unemployment rate is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 7.7% versus 6.3% in 2025, with a gap of 1.5 percentage points.
Recent trend
In France, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 8.00% in 2020 to 7.70% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 7.40% in 2024, so the recent reading remains stable.
Reading within the topic
In France, the evidence for Employment & Economic Security leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.