France Employment Rate

Employment Rate in France increased to 66.10 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 from 65.90 percent in the third quarter of 2018. Employment Rate in France averaged 64.30 percent from 2003 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 66.10 percent in the fourth 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 66.10 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	8.80	9.10	10.70	7.20	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	28184.20	28145.30	28184.20	19530.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	3419.20	3410.80	3584.90	1975.90	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	66.10	65.90	66.10	63.50	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	3.40	3.40	5.00	2.40	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	21.10	21.80	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	202.50	242.90	363.80	121.10	Thousand	[+]
Wages	2998.00	2956.00	2998.00	1751.73	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	102.00	101.60	117.90	72.70	Index Points	[+]
Minimum Wages	1521.22	1521.22	1521.22	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	72.30	72.30	69.50	percent	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	8.40	-15.10	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	2772.80	2774.30	5475.10	2768.90	Thousand	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	25173.60	25158.60	25173.60	24298.40	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	19403.90	19387.70	19403.90	12409.60	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	4711.00	4948.70	4965.70	3802.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	0.10	0.10	0.70	-0.50	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	22172.40	21849.30	22172.40	18337.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	5781.30	5788.70	5806.90	5609.30	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	[+]

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 February of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	66.10	65.90	66.10	63.50	2003 - 2018	percent	Quarterly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Mexico	96.65	Dec/18	96.74	97.23 : 93.58	%
Switzerland	80.50	Sep/18	79.9	81.3 : 76.9	%
Netherlands	77.70	Sep/18	77	77.7 : 63.5	%
Germany	76.30	Sep/18	75.4	76.3 : 63.6	%
United Kingdom	75.80	Nov/18	75.8	75.8 : 65.6	%
France	66.10	Dec/18	65.9	66.1 : 63.5	%
Spain	64.00	Dec/18	64.01	67.18 : 54.91	%
Australia	62.40	Jan/19	62.3	62.9 : 54	%
Canada	61.80	Jan/19	61.7	63.7 : 56	%
United States	60.70	Jan/19	60.6	64.7 : 55	%
South Korea	60.10	Dec/18	61.4	61.6 : 56.1	%
Japan	60.00	Dec/18	60.4	63.5 : 55.9	%
Russia	59.90	Dec/18	59.9	66.6 : 59.3	%
Italy	58.80	Dec/18	58.7	58.9 : 55.3	%
Brazil	54.50	Dec/18	54.7	57.3 : 53.1	%
Turkey	47.00	Nov/18	47.4	47.9 : 38.9	%
South Africa	43.10	Sep/18	43.1	46.17 : 41	%
Argentina	42.50	Sep/18	41.9	43.4 : 36.3	%