France Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in France increased to 10.60 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 from 10.30 percent in the third quarter of 2012. Unemployment Rate in France is reported by the INSEE. Historically, from 1996 until 2012, France Unemployment Rate averaged 9.46 Percent reaching an all time high of 11.20 Percent in March of 1997 and a record low of 7.50 Percent in March of 2008. In France, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page includes a chart with historical data for France Unemployment Rate.

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France Unemployment Rate Rises to 10.6 Percent in Q4
INSEE | Nuno Fontes | nuno@tradingeconomics.com  |  3/7/2013 9:29:03 AM


In the last quarter of 2012, the average unemployment rate in metropolitan France and overseas departments stood at 10.6 percent of the active population, according to a release from the French National Statistics Office.

In metropolitan France only, with 2.9 million unemployed people, 10.2 percent of the active population was unemployed. The unemployment rate increased by 0.3 percentage points quarter-on-quarter. Over a year, it increased by 0.8 points and by 3.4 percentage points for people aged 15-24 years.

The employment rate of the population aged 15-64 years increased by 0.2 percentage points in the fourth quarter of 2012 and stood at 64.1 percent. This rebound comes from people aged 50-64 years: their employment rate was up by 0.5 points from a quarter earlier (+2.1 percentage points year-on-year).
 
In the December quarter of 2012, 5.3 percent of the persons employed were underemployed, rising by 0.1 percentage points. Slack work stood at 0.4%. The unwanted part-time picked up by 0.2 percentage points and stood at 4.9 percent of the employed.

 

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Unemployment Rate in France Increases to 10.3% in Q3 In Q3 of 2012, the average unemployment rate in metropolitan France and overseas departments stood at 10.3% of the active population according to a release by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 2012-12-12



Unemployment Rate | Notes

The unemployment rate can be defined as the number of people actively looking for a job divided by the labour force. Changes in unemployment depend mostly on inflows made up of non-employed people starting to look for jobs, of employed people who lose their jobs and look for new ones and of people who stop looking for employment.






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