France Employment Rate

Employment Rate in France increased to 65.90 percent in the third quarter of 2018 from 65.80 percent in the second quarter of 2018. Employment Rate in France averaged 64.28 percent from 2003 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 65.90 percent in the third quarter of 2018 and a record low of 63.50 percent in the first quarter of 2006.

Employment Rate in France is expected to be 65.70 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Employment Rate in France to stand at 65.90 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the France Employment Rate is projected to trend around 66.60 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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France Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	9.10	9.10	10.70	7.20	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	28184.20	28145.30	28184.20	19530.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	3425.90	3435.60	3584.90	1975.90	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	65.90	65.80	65.90	63.50	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	3.40	3.60	5.00	2.40	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	21.50	20.40	26.20	14.50	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	108.20	108.10	108.20	5.90	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	118.72	118.44	118.72	20.68	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	289.20	264.80	363.80	121.10	Thousand	[+]
Wages	2998.00	2956.00	2998.00	1751.73	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	101.60	117.90	117.90	72.70	Index Points	[+]
Minimum Wages	1498.47	1498.47	1498.47	1035.97	EUR/Month	[+]
Wage Growth	0.40	0.70	1.00	0.10	percent	[+]
Population	67.19	66.95	67.19	45.46	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	62.00	62.00	62.00	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	62.00	62.00	62.00	60.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	72.30	72.20	72.30	69.50	percent	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	-9.70	-37.20	74.30	-61.70	Thousand	[+]
Living Wage Family	1790.00	1750.00	1860.00	1650.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1080.00	1050.00	1150.00	960.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	2778.20	2780.00	5475.10	2771.80	Thousand	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	25179.80	25167.30	25179.80	24299.10	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	19427.50	19397.30	19427.50	12409.60	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	4948.80	4838.00	4965.70	3802.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	0.10	0.20	0.70	-0.50	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	21849.10	21682.40	21859.10	18337.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	5780.20	5791.90	5808.50	5609.00	Thousand	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1610.00	1580.00	1610.00	1530.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	3120.00	3460.00	3460.00	3120.00	EUR/Month	[+]

France Employment Rate

In France, the employment rate measures the number of people aged 15 to 64 who have a job as a percentage of the labour force from the same age group. This page provides - France Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. France Employment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on December of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	65.90	65.80	65.90	63.50	2003 - 2018	percent	Quarterly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Mexico	96.76	Oct/18	96.4	97.23 : 93.58	%
Switzerland	79.90	Jun/18	79.4	81.3 : 76.9	%
Netherlands	77.00	Jun/18	76.2	77.6 : 63.5	%
United Kingdom	75.50	Aug/18	75.5	75.7 : 65.6	%
Germany	75.40	Jun/18	75.4	76 : 63.6	%
France	65.90	Sep/18	65.8	65.9 : 63.5	%
Spain	64.01	Sep/18	63.53	67.18 : 54.91	%
Australia	62.20	Sep/18	62.2	62.9 : 54	%
Canada	61.70	Nov/18	61.5	63.7 : 56	%
South Korea	61.20	Oct/18	61.2	61.6 : 56.1	%
Japan	60.60	Oct/18	60.5	63.5 : 55.9	%
United States	60.60	Nov/18	60.6	64.7 : 55	%
Russia	59.80	Oct/18	60.3	66.6 : 59.3	%
Italy	58.70	Oct/18	58.6	58.9 : 55.3	%
Brazil	54.50	Oct/18	54.4	57.3 : 53.1	%
Turkey	47.60	Aug/18	47.4	47.9 : 38.9	%
South Africa	43.10	Sep/18	43.1	46.17 : 41	%
Argentina	41.90	Jun/18	42.4	43.4 : 36.3	%