Unemployment rate in France

Latest: 7.5%
Previous: 7.4%
Change: +0.14 (+1.9%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Unemployment rate over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Recession Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Unemployment rate in France
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	—
Dec 31, 1978	—
Dec 31, 1979	—
Dec 31, 1980	—
Dec 31, 1981	—
Dec 31, 1982	—
Dec 31, 1983	—
Dec 31, 1984	—
Dec 31, 1985	—
Dec 31, 1986	—
Dec 31, 1987	—
Dec 31, 1988	—
Dec 31, 1989	—
Dec 31, 1990	—
Dec 31, 1991	9.1%
Dec 31, 1992	10.2%
Dec 31, 1993	11.3%
Dec 31, 1994	12.6%
Dec 31, 1995	11.8%
Dec 31, 1996	12.4%
Dec 31, 1997	12.6%
Dec 31, 1998	12.1%
Dec 31, 1999	12.0%
Dec 31, 2000	10.2%
Dec 31, 2001	8.6%
Dec 31, 2002	8.7%
Dec 31, 2003	8.3%
Dec 31, 2004	8.9%
Dec 31, 2005	8.9%
Dec 31, 2006	8.8%
Dec 31, 2007	8.0%
Dec 31, 2008	7.4%
Dec 31, 2009	9.1%
Dec 31, 2010	9.3%
Dec 31, 2011	9.2%
Dec 31, 2012	9.8%
Dec 31, 2013	9.9%
Dec 31, 2014	10.3%
Dec 31, 2015	10.4%
Dec 31, 2016	10.1%
Dec 31, 2017	9.4%
Dec 31, 2018	9.0%
Dec 31, 2019	8.4%
Dec 31, 2020	8.0%
Dec 31, 2021	7.9%
Dec 31, 2022	7.3%
Dec 31, 2023	7.3%
Dec 31, 2024	7.4%
Dec 31, 2025	7.5%

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