Humanity Observatory

France: jobs

France's jobs figures from Eurostat, set against the other EU states. Every figure links to the table it was read from; where Eurostat publishes nothing for France, the page says so.

Unemployment rate: France is the 5th highest of the 27 EU member states (2025).

ages 15 to 74, both sexes: 7.7% for France, against 6.0% for the EU as a whole.

France against the EU

Each measure with the states ranked next to it. The latest year with a published figure is used.

Unemployment rate

ages 15 to 74, both sexes

France: 7.7% in 2025, against 6.0% for the EU as a whole — the 5th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Unemployment rate: France and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
3Greece8.9%
4Sweden8.8%
5France7.7%
6Estonia7.5%
joint 7Latvia6.9%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)6.0%
  • Published from 2003 to 2025. Highest: 10.4% in 2015. Lowest: 7.3% in 2022.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 7.5%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 11* of 17* years with a figure for both (2009–2025).

Youth unemployment rate

ages 15 to 24, both sexes

France: 19.8% in 2025, against 15.2% for the EU as a whole — the 7th highest of the 26 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Youth unemployment rate: France and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
5Estonia20.7%
6Italy20.6%
7France19.8%
8Portugal19.5%
9Greece19.1%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)15.2%
  • Published from 2003 to 2025. Highest: 26.5% in 2013. Lowest: 17.3% in 2023.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 18.4%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 17* of 17* years with a figure for both (2009–2025).

Employment rate

ages 20 to 64, both sexes

France: 75.4% in 2025, the 20th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Employment rate: France and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
18Bulgaria77.0%
19Finland76.3%
20France75.4%
21Croatia74.4%
22Luxembourg73.9%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)no figure published
  • Published from 2003 to 2025. Highest: 75.4% in 2025. Lowest: 69.5% in 2011.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 74.4%*.

Keep reading

Modification notice and disclaimer

The counts on this page are published by Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union) and are reproduced unchanged. Humanity Observatory has additionally derived the following from them:

  • A country's rank among the 27 EU states for a measure, computed by sorting the published per-country figures.
  • The highest and lowest point of the country's own published annual series.
  • The average of the country's latest published annual figures (up to five years).
  • The number of years in which the country's figure was above the EU figure for the same year.

Source: Eurostat. Reuse terms.

* Calculated by Humanity Observatory from published figures.

Where these numbers come from →