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Unemployed Persons, Total (Monthly, SA): France

The latest reading SOTW holds for France is 2,732.0 thousand persons for 2026-09, from Eurostat.

Reviewed series · Labor · Monthly · thousand persons · EUROSTAT.UNEMP.LEVEL.M · FRA

Both sexes. Youth rate denominator is the youth labour force, not all young people; total unemployment follows the published TOTAL age selection. Seasonally adjusted, not calendar adjusted. Values retain published units; no scaling, rebasing, interpolation or imputation by SOTW. Dataset updated timestamp is not an original observation release date or publisher vintage. Commercial geography policy reviewed 2026-10-10: EU/EFTA/official candidates only; UK, Kosovo and other noneligible countries excluded; CH/LI declaring-country commodity trade excluded.

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Latest
2,732.0
thousand persons · 2026-09
Previous
2,654.0
thousand persons · 2026-08
Oldest shown
3,014.0
thousand persons · 2016-10
Readings shown
120
Newest readings; the full history is in the API

France · history

thousand persons · Monthly

Source: Eurostat. Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:27:16.134Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Unemployed Persons, Total (Monthly, SA): France: 120 readings, newest first. Source: Eurostat.
PeriodValue (thousand persons)Status
2026-092,732.0
2026-082,654.0
2026-072,666.0
2026-062,670.0
2026-052,693.0
2026-042,675.0
2026-032,636.0
2026-022,613.0
2026-012,574.0
2025-122,539.0
2025-112,526.0
2025-102,530.0
2025-092,511.0
2025-082,493.0
2025-072,469.0
2025-062,446.0
2025-052,423.0
2025-042,387.0
2025-032,404.0
2025-022,391.0
2025-012,298.0
2024-122,284.0
2024-112,294.0
2024-102,301.0
2024-092,352.0
2024-082,374.0
2024-072,374.0
2024-062,364.0
2024-052,319.0
2024-042,294.0
2024-032,317.0
2024-022,340.0
2024-012,370.0
2023-122,405.0
2023-112,387.0
2023-102,361.0
2023-092,323.0
2023-082,323.0
2023-072,316.0
2023-062,286.0
2023-052,285.0
2023-042,273.0
2023-032,215.0
2023-022,207.0
2023-012,211.0
2022-122,234.0
2022-112,220.0
2022-102,230.0
2022-092,207.0
2022-082,242.0
2022-072,276.0
2022-062,314.0
2022-052,319.0
2022-042,324.0
2022-032,289.0
2022-022,260.0
2022-012,246.0
2021-122,280.0
2021-112,289.0
2021-102,315.0
2021-092,374.0
2021-082,425.0
2021-072,438.0
2021-062,416.0
2021-052,436.0
2021-042,499.0
2021-032,486.0
2021-022,489.0
2021-012,444.0D
2020-122,398.0
2020-112,437.0
2020-102,508.0
2020-092,731.0
2020-082,735.0
2020-072,576.0
2020-062,162.0
2020-052,028.0
2020-042,239.0
2020-032,262.0
2020-022,365.0
2020-012,500.0
2019-122,501.0
2019-112,488.0
2019-102,471.0
2019-092,453.0
2019-082,483.0
2019-072,519.0
2019-062,555.0
2019-052,557.0
2019-042,579.0
2019-032,621.0
2019-022,632.0
2019-012,643.0
2018-122,660.0
2018-112,640.0
2018-102,654.0
2018-092,679.0
2018-082,685.0
2018-072,702.0
2018-062,717.0
2018-052,742.0
2018-042,769.0
2018-032,796.0
2018-022,803.0
2018-012,776.0
2017-122,721.0
2017-112,696.0
2017-102,731.0
2017-092,773.0
2017-082,859.0
2017-072,877.0
2017-062,860.0
2017-052,867.0
2017-042,858.0
2017-032,863.0
2017-022,858.0
2017-012,893.0
2016-122,973.0
2016-113,014.0
2016-103,014.0

Source: Eurostat. Newest 120 readings shown, 2016-10 to 2026-09. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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Source: Eurostat, une_rt_m, accessed 2026-11-11. Reuse permitted under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU. SOTW selected dimensions and geographies; Eurostat is not responsible for this republication.

Licence: EU-2011-833. Reuse remains subject to the source terms. Publisher page: https://doi.org/10.2908/une_rt_m