Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Region of La Réunion (04)

Detailed figures

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 534 412 554 642 564 276
Labor force in % 65,2 69,2 69,3
 including people in work in % 43,7 44,3 46,4
 including unemployed workers in % 21,5 24,8 22,8
Economically inactive people in % 34,8 30,8 30,7
 including pupils, students or interns in % 12,4 11,6 11,2
 including retirees in % 5,0 4,6 3,7
 including other economically inactive people in % 17,4 14,7 15,9
  • 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 564 276 390 830 69,3 262 074 46,4
 15 to 24 years old 117 965 45 636 38,7 21 418 18,2
 25 to 54 years old 342 990 289 219 84,3 199 662 58,2
 55 to 64 years old 103 321 55 975 54,2 40 994 39,7
Male 269 560 197 674 73,3 137 010 50,8
 15 to 24 years old 59 556 24 844 41,7 12 079 20,3
 25 to 54 years old 160 475 143 215 89,2 102 827 64,1
 55 to 64 years old 49 530 29 615 59,8 22 104 44,6
Female 294 716 193 156 65,5 125 064 42,4
 15 to 24 years old 58 409 20 792 35,6 9 339 16,0
 25 to 54 years old 182 515 146 004 80,0 96 835 53,1
 55 to 64 years old 53 791 26 360 49,0 18 889 35,1
  • 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 46,4
Unemployed workers 22,8
Retirees 3,7
Pupils, students or interns 11,2
Other economically inactive people 15,9
  • 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 348 696 233 887 383 915 245 870 390 898 261 941
including
 Farmer operators 6 338 6 030 6 050 5 743 5 718 5 370
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 18 978 17 164 21 828 18 796 22 090 19 142
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 24 790 23 859 29 050 27 617 31 988 30 325
 Middle-level occupations 62 302 53 022 72 505 59 959 81 283 67 902
 Services employee 119 957 81 167 129 224 84 803 134 130 90 695
 Blue-collar workers 88 382 52 644 91 475 48 951 86 592 48 507
  • 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 114 702 137 784 128 756
Unemployment rate in % 32,9 35,9 32,9
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 54,6 58,9 53,1
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 30,1 33,3 31,0
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 18,2 24,4 26,8
  • 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 49,3
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 42,8
CAP, BEP or equivalent 38,1
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 30,8
2 years at university 16,9
3 to 4 years at university 11,3
5 years and over at university 8,9
  • 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 235 202 247 811 265 668
People in work living in the area 235 306 248 129 265 986
Employment concentration indicator 100,0 99,9 99,9
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 58,4 60,9 59,3
  • 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 235 202 100,0 247 811 100,0 265 668 100,0
Employee 202 073 85,9 209 861 84,7 225 708 85,0
 including women 94 367 40,1 102 231 41,3 112 710 42,4
 including part-time workers 37 934 16,1 42 897 17,3 45 915 17,3
Non-employee 33 129 14,1 37 951 15,3 39 960 15,0
 including women 9 506 4,0 12 156 4,9 13 705 5,2
 including part-time workers 3 693 1,6 5 244 2,1 5 944 2,2
  • 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 265 602 100,0
Farmer operators 5 643 2,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 20 028 7,5
Managers and higher intellectual professions 31 198 11,7
Middle-level occupations 68 209 25,7
Services employee 91 590 34,5
Blue-collar workers 48 935 18,4
  • 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 2,6 2,4 2,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 7,5 7,8 7,5
Managers and higher intellectual professions 10,2 11,3 11,7
Middle-level occupations 22,6 24,3 25,7
Services employee 34,6 34,3 34,5
Blue-collar workers 22,5 19,8 18,4
  • 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 235 430 100,0 247 860 100,0 265 602 100,0 47,6 86,4
Agriculture 8 773 3,7 8 483 3,4 8 204 3,1 21,2 35,8
Industry 16 388 7,0 16 658 6,7 17 967 6,8 26,1 86,8
Construction 20 450 8,7 16 958 6,8 17 174 6,5 9,7 75,4
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 90 642 38,5 96 956 39,1 103 161 38,8 44,0 84,0
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 99 178 42,1 108 806 43,9 119 096 44,8 61,3 93,5
  • 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 18,3 22,8
Industry 26,6 23,1
Construction 10,7 6,5
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 46,1 33,0
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 62,0 51,5
  • 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.