Work & Labour in France 89 indicators covering work & labour for France. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 39.5% 2025 up 24.4% 66th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 45.4% 2025 up 19.5% 88th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 55.3% 2025 down 0.5% 137th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 59.5% 2025 down 1.9% 166th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 86.4% 2025 up 3.0% 49th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 42.5% 2025 up 21.7% 81st Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 71.1% 2025 up 5.6% 56th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 76.9% 2025 up 2.3% 103rd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 74.0% 2025 up 3.9% 66th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 51.5% 2025 up 1.0% 109th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 84.4% 2025 down 1.0% 28th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 68.3% 2025 up 4.0% 29th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 89.0% 2025 up 0.0% 37th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 89.2% 2025 down 2.8% 40th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 19.3% 2025 down 5.1% 87th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 86.7% 2025 down 1.9% 34th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.3% 2025 down 51.4% 157th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.2% 2025 up 62.2% 154th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.3% 2025 down 29.6% 156th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 9.6% 2025 up 2.4% 101st Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 28.5% 2025 down 6.8% 65th Employment in services (% of total employment) 78.3% 2025 up 1.9% 26th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 13.3% 2025 up 14.6% 153rd Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 15.6% 2025 up 6.0% 159th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 10.8% 2025 up 31.6% 147th Employers, total (% of total employment) 4.8% 2025 up 12.0% 44th Employers, male (% of male employment) 6.5% 2025 up 5.0% 41st Employers, female (% of female employment) 3.0% 2025 up 34.0% 44th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 18.8% 2025 down 21.6% 70th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 18.9% 2025 down 27.9% 52nd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 18.9% 2025 down 25.2% 57th GDP per person employed 128,587 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 3.4% 19th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 7.7% 2025 down 25.6% 54th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 7.8% 2025 down 27.7% 45th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 7.6% 2025 down 23.1% 67th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 53.5% 2025 up 3.6% 107th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 60.9% 2025 up 0.0% 174th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 57.0% 2025 up 1.7% 136th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 39.8% 2025 up 25.4% 59th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 46.5% 2025 up 22.4% 80th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 87.8% 2025 up 3.6% 45th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 43.2% 2025 up 23.8% 71st Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 19.7% 2025 down 22.9% 41st Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 20.0% 2025 down 24.8% 32nd Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 19.5% 2025 down 19.7% 56th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 11.4% 2025 down 13.1% 148th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 13.7% 2025 down 7.5% 97th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 12.6% 2025 down 10.0% 135th Productivity: output per hour worked 77.67 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 9.9% 12th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 9.1% 2025 up 6.8% 159th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 32.1% 2025 up 33.0% 72nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 36.8% 2025 up 31.3% 102nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 34.5% 2025 up 32.1% 88th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 8.5% 2025 up 16.2% 158th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 47.6% 2025 up 3.6% 109th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 55.1% 2025 up 1.6% 160th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 51.2% 2025 up 2.6% 134th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 7.8% 2025 up 30.8% 152nd Unemployment with basic education 13.4% 2024 down 22.5% 25th Unemployment with basic education, male 13.2% 2024 down 27.6% 21st Page 1 of 2 Next →