Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2020 France

Detailed figures

Paru le :27/06/2023

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

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status
2009 2014 2020
Altogether 41 713 368 41 786 338 41 666 863
Labor force in % 71,7 73,5 74,5
 including people in work in % 63,3 63,2 65,0
 including unemployed workers in % 8,4 10,3 9,5
Economically inactive people in % 28,3 26,5 25,5
 including pupils, students or interns in % 10,4 10,3 10,6
 including retirees in % 8,7 7,7 6,2
 including other economically inactive people in % 9,1 8,5 8,7
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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 41 666 863 31 022 666 74,5 27 070 932 65,0
 15 to 24 years old 7 920 548 3 227 789 40,8 2 409 781 30,4
 25 to 54 years old 25 263 023 22 862 357 90,5 20 250 168 80,2
 55 to 64 years old 8 483 291 4 932 520 58,1 4 410 983 52,0
Male 20 552 443 15 853 792 77,1 13 948 264 67,9
 15 to 24 years old 4 045 258 1 774 344 43,9 1 329 758 32,9
 25 to 54 years old 12 422 623 11 617 917 93,5 10 411 669 83,8
 55 to 64 years old 4 084 561 2 461 530 60,3 2 206 836 54,0
Female 21 114 420 15 168 874 71,8 13 122 668 62,2
 15 to 24 years old 3 875 290 1 453 445 37,5 1 080 023 27,9
 25 to 54 years old 12 840 400 11 244 440 87,6 9 838 499 76,6
 55 to 64 years old 4 398 730 2 470 990 56,2 2 204 147 50,1
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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 65,0
Unemployed workers 9,5
Retirees 6,2
Pupils, students or interns 10,6
Other economically inactive people 8,7
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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

  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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

EMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification
2009 including people in work 2014 including people in work 2020 including people in work
Altogether 29 920 820 26 405 759 30 689 105 26 394 414 31 017 660 27 065 873
including
 Farmer operators 492 249 486 156 433 647 426 638 393 011 386 933
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 1 690 637 1 579 629 1 829 116 1 690 580 1 903 396 1 790 427
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 4 448 683 4 277 339 4 798 349 4 581 348 5 266 932 5 041 201
 Middle-level occupations 7 187 386 6 626 160 7 526 611 6 825 151 7 791 283 7 121 379
 Services employee 8 691 874 7 519 992 8 810 083 7 400 927 8 663 352 7 350 474
 Blue-collar workers 7 048 593 5 916 485 6 809 032 5 469 770 6 508 137 5 375 459
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional operations, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population
2009 2014 2020
Number of unemployed workers 3 513 401 4 295 077 3 951 734
Unemployment rate in % 11,7 14,0 12,7
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 24,4 29,8 25,3
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 10,3 12,3 11,4
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 8,5 10,7 10,6
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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 24,7
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 19,5
CAP, BEP or equivalent 14,5
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 13,6
2 years at university 8,4
3 to 4 years at university 8,0
5 years and over at university 6,7
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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

  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T5 - Employment and activity

EMP T5 - Employment and activity
2009 2014 2020
Number of jobs in the area 26 278 722 26 323 980 27 035 139
People in work living in the area 26 635 461 26 727 299 27 506 738
Employment concentration indicator 98,7 98,5 98,3
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 57,5 57,7 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, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main holdings, place of residence and place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T6 - Employment by working status

EMP T6 - Employment by working status
2009 % 2014 % 2020 %
Altogether 26 278 722 100,0 26 323 980 100,0 27 035 139 100,0
Employee 23 060 532 87,8 22 876 421 86,9 23 393 516 86,5
 including women 11 393 855 43,4 11 472 979 43,6 11 769 313 43,5
 including part-time workers 4 162 823 15,8 4 134 545 15,7 3 942 952 14,6
Non-employee 3 218 190 12,2 3 447 560 13,1 3 641 623 13,5
 including women 1 089 083 4,1 1 222 722 4,6 1 363 075 5,0
 including part-time workers 348 651 1,3 453 227 1,7 529 935 2,0
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main workplaces, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2020

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2020
Number %
Altogether 27 045 067 100,0
Farmer operators 409 673 1,5
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 1 858 060 6,9
Managers and higher intellectual professions 5 059 196 18,7
Middle-level occupations 7 071 049 26,1
Services employee 7 344 578 27,2
Blue-collar workers 5 302 511 19,6
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity
2009 2014 2020
Farmer operators 1,9 1,7 1,5
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 6,1 6,6 6,9
Managers and higher intellectual professions 16,2 17,4 18,7
Middle-level occupations 25,0 25,8 26,1
Services employee 28,5 28,1 27,2
Blue-collar workers 22,2 20,5 19,6
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors
2009 2014 2020
Number % Number % Number % including women in % including employees %
Altogether 26 276 143 100,0 26 323 776 100,0 27 045 067 100,0 48,6 87,7
Agriculture 775 068 2,9 723 456 2,7 683 350 2,5 28,9 41,8
Industry 3 617 143 13,8 3 288 489 12,5 3 194 796 11,8 30,1 93,7
Construction 1 823 745 6,9 1 763 032 6,7 1 735 215 6,4 11,9 76,1
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 11 938 199 45,4 12 163 224 46,2 12 786 010 47,3 45,9 86,1
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 8 121 989 30,9 8 385 575 31,9 8 645 697 32,0 68,3 93,6
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2020

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2020
Employees Non-employees
Agriculture 33,0 26,0
Industry 30,1 29,8
Construction 14,1 4,9
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 47,2 37,8
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 68,9 59,1
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2020

  • Source: Insee, RP2020 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2023.