Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 France entière

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Paru le :12/09/2022

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status
2008 2013 2019
Altogether 41 562 271 41 810 268 41 684 391
Labor force in % 71,6 73,2 74,1
 including people in work in % 63,3 63,2 64,2
 including unemployed workers in % 8,3 10,0 9,9
Economically inactive people in % 28,4 26,8 25,9
 including pupils, students or interns in % 10,6 10,2 10,6
 including retirees in % 8,5 8,1 6,4
 including other economically inactive people in % 9,3 8,5 8,8
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T2 - Economic activity and employment of the population aged 15 to 64 by sex and by age in 2019

EMP T2 - Economic activity and employment of the population aged 15 to 64 by sex and by age in 2019
Population Labor force Activity rate in % People in work Employment rate in %
Altogether 41 684 391 30 908 819 74,1 26 761 780 64,2
 15 to 24 years old 7 879 199 3 172 664 40,3 2 311 161 29,3
 25 to 54 years old 25 359 144 22 938 313 90,5 20 179 239 79,6
 55 to 64 years old 8 446 048 4 797 842 56,8 4 271 379 50,6
Male 20 556 391 15 806 364 76,9 13 796 253 67,1
 15 to 24 years old 4 020 461 1 741 889 43,3 1 274 535 31,7
 25 to 54 years old 12 474 500 11 670 153 93,6 10 385 860 83,3
 55 to 64 years old 4 061 430 2 394 322 59,0 2 135 858 52,6
Female 21 128 000 15 102 455 71,5 12 965 526 61,4
 15 to 24 years old 3 858 738 1 430 775 37,1 1 036 626 26,9
 25 to 54 years old 12 884 644 11 268 161 87,5 9 793 379 76,0
 55 to 64 years old 4 384 619 2 403 520 54,8 2 135 522 48,7
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019
Population (%)
People in work 64,2
Unemployed workers 9,9
Retirees 6,4
Pupils, students or interns 10,6
Other economically inactive people 8,8
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019

  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification

EMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification
2008 including people in work 2013 including people in work 2019 including people in work
Altogether 29 738 270 26 286 148 30 585 117 26 428 046 30 902 229 26 751 334
including
 Farmer operators 509 291 503 247 442 577 435 722 401 421 394 769
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 1 665 029 1 555 520 1 808 133 1 676 047 1 866 285 1 743 690
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 4 355 348 4 187 867 4 738 329 4 530 823 5 128 402 4 899 004
 Middle-level occupations 7 104 737 6 555 274 7 479 392 6 800 502 7 703 030 7 009 059
 Services employee 8 669 008 7 506 476 8 788 605 7 419 758 8 737 667 7 359 019
 Blue-collar workers 7 089 073 5 977 763 6 872 862 5 565 195 6 557 260 5 345 794
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population
2008 2013 2019
Number of unemployed workers 3 450 701 4 160 716 4 147 039
Unemployment rate in % 11,6 13,6 13,4
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 23,5 29,1 27,2
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 10,3 11,9 12,0
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 8,4 10,3 11,0
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019

EMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019
Unemployment rate in %
No diploma or primary education certificate 25,5
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 19,9
CAP, BEP or equivalent 15,2
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 14,2
2 years at university 8,8
3 to 4 years at university 8,3
5 years and over at university 7,0
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019

  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T5 - Employment and activity

EMP T5 - Employment and activity
2008 2013 2019
Number of jobs in the area 26 151 091 26 345 233 26 715 053
People in work living in the area 26 498 593 26 737 223 27 171 069
Employment concentration indicator 98,7 98,5 98,3
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 57,4 57,8 57,0
  • The employment concentration indicator is equal to the number of jobs in the area per 100 people in work living in the area.
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main holdings, place of residence and place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T6 - Employment by working status

EMP T6 - Employment by working status
2008 % 2013 % 2019 %
Altogether 26 151 091 100,0 26 345 233 100,0 26 715 053 100,0
Employee 22 992 226 87,9 22 920 037 87,0 23 167 277 86,7
 including women 11 303 197 43,2 11 467 504 43,5 11 661 165 43,7
 including part-time workers 4 138 012 15,8 4 151 511 15,8 4 011 302 15,0
Non-employee 3 158 864 12,1 3 425 196 13,0 3 547 775 13,3
 including women 1 060 303 4,1 1 204 536 4,6 1 309 978 4,9
 including part-time workers 328 616 1,3 438 305 1,7 510 972 1,9
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main workplaces, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2019

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2019
Number %
Altogether 26 718 579 100,0
Farmer operators 416 381 1,6
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 1 807 545 6,8
Managers and higher intellectual professions 4 912 462 18,4
Middle-level occupations 6 959 406 26,0
Services employee 7 350 111 27,5
Blue-collar workers 5 272 675 19,7
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity
2008 2013 2019
Farmer operators 2,0 1,7 1,6
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 6,1 6,5 6,8
Managers and higher intellectual professions 15,9 17,2 18,4
Middle-level occupations 24,9 25,6 26,0
Services employee 28,6 28,1 27,5
Blue-collar workers 22,5 20,8 19,7
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors
2008 2013 2019
Number % Number % Number % including women in % including employees %
Altogether 26 148 331 100,0 26 347 669 100,0 26 718 579 100,0 48,5 87,8
Agriculture 788 297 3,0 734 255 2,8 688 960 2,6 28,7 41,4
Industry 3 707 229 14,2 3 335 122 12,7 3 193 486 12,0 29,8 93,7
Construction 1 798 817 6,9 1 793 160 6,8 1 698 888 6,4 11,7 76,2
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 11 815 793 45,2 12 158 893 46,1 12 546 747 47,0 45,9 86,4
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 8 038 195 30,7 8 326 238 31,6 8 590 499 32,2 68,2 93,8
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019
Employees Non-employees
Agriculture 32,6 26,0
Industry 29,8 28,8
Construction 13,7 5,0
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 47,3 37,3
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 68,9 58,2
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019

  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.