Work & Labour in France

1,069 indicators covering work & labour for France.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level and 57.0% 2025 up 1.8% 33rd
Labour force participation rates by country of birth 64.8% 2025 up 3.7% 31st
Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level and 57.0% 2025 up 1.8% 33rd
Employment rates by citizenship 59.8% 2025 up 6.8% 33rd
Employment rates by educational attainment level and citizenship 52.6% 2025 up 4.8% 33rd
Employment rates by country of birth 59.8% 2025 up 6.8% 33rd
Employment rates by educational attainment level and country of birth 52.6% 2025 up 4.8% 33rd
Employed persons by citizenship 29,331 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.0% 5th
Employed persons by job tenure 29,331 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.0% 5th
Self-employed persons by citizenship 3,865 Thousand persons 2025 up 31.9% 5th
Self-employed persons by country of birth 3,865 Thousand persons 2025 up 31.9% 5th
Unemployment rates by citizenship 7.7% 2025 down 26.0% 10th
Unemployment rates by country of birth 7.7% 2025 down 26.0% 10th
Unemployed persons by citizenship 2,451 Thousand persons 2025 down 19.7% 3rd
Persons outside the labour force by citizenship 17,284 Thousand persons 2025 down 2.3% 4th
Unemployed persons by country of birth and degree of urbanisation 2,451 Thousand persons 2025 down 19.7% 3rd
Unemployment rates by country of birth and degree of urbanisation 7.7% 2025 down 26.0% 10th
Unemployed persons by citizenship and degree of urbanisation 2,451 Thousand persons 2025 down 19.7% 3rd
Unemployment rates by citizenship and degree of urbanisation 7.7% 2025 down 26.0% 10th
Persons in part-time employment by educational attainment level 4,874 Thousand persons 2025 up 1.5% 4th
Persons in part-time employment by educational attainment level 4,874 Thousand persons 2025 up 1.5% 4th
Persons in part-time employment by citizenship - % of total employment 17.6% 2025 down 6.4% 16th
Persons in part-time employment by country of birth - % of total 17.6% 2025 down 6.4% 16th
Temporary employees by citizenship - % of total employees 15.4% 2025 down 4.3% 8th
Temporary employees by country of birth - % of total employees 15.4% 2025 down 4.3% 8th
Temporary employees by educational attainment level, country of birth 3,804 Thousand persons 2025 up 2.4% 2nd
Temporary employees by educational attainment level, citizenship and 3,804 Thousand persons 2025 up 2.4% 2nd
Youth employment rate by country of birth 14.6% 2025 up 60.4% 17th
Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 764 2025 up 1,719.0% 8th
Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 1.15 2025 up 1,816.7% 23rd
Average monthly earnings of employees 2,197 2024 up 19.2% 27th
Care employment 7,359 2024 up 11.0% 4th
Employed persons by professional status and job tenure 10.3 Year 2025 down 9.6% 20th
Newly employed by professional status and citizenship - % of persons 15.4% 2025 up 14.1% 17th
Newly employed by professional status and country of birth - % of 15.4% 2025 up 14.1% 17th
Expenditure on unemployment function by type of benefit and 49,255 Million euro 2023 up 14.2% 1st
Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by citizenship 23.1% 2025 down 47.9% 36th
Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by country of 23.1% 2025 down 47.9% 36th
Unemployed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category and 805.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 16.6% 2nd
Unemployed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category and 805.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 16.6% 2nd
Non-fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant 2,581 2024 down 22.4% 12th
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total 3.39 2025 down 45.4% 36th
Informal employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 939.59 2025 down 42.4% 14th
Informal employment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 3.39 2025 down 45.4% 36th
Informal employment rate 3.39 2025 down 45.4% 36th
Employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 1,056 2025 up 47.7% 14th
Share of employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition) 3.81 2025 up 40.1% 36th
Youth unemployment rate by country of birth 27.1% 2025 down 18.6% 25th
Average hourly earnings of STEM employees 20.79 2024 up 33.8% 30th
Average hourly earnings of STEM employees 20.79 2024 up 33.8% 30th
Monthly minimum wages - bi-annual data 1,867 2026 up 27.3% 7th
Early leavers from education and training by labour status 7.2% 2025 down 21.7% 25th
Agricultural labour input statistics by NUTS 2 region - absolute 703.85 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2023 down 9.9% 6th
Labour input in construction - annual data 98.2 Index, 2021=100 2025 up 11.3% 34th
Employed persons working from home by professional status - % of 24.2% 2025 up 95.2% 9th
Informal employment, female 3.5% 2024 down 51.8% 36th
Informal employment, male 3.8% 2024 down 21.8% 37th
Informal employment 3.6% 2024 down 39.3% 38th
Agricultural labour input statistics by NUTS 2 region - indices 97.43 Index, n-1 = 100 2023 down 1.7% 21st
SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 10.82 2025 down 8.5% 8th