France recorded 35,600 more unemployed individuals in March 2026, reversing a revised 8,500-person decline in February and ending a four-month streak of falling joblessness. Initial Jobless Claims in France averaged -0.03 Thousand from 1996 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 808.00 Thousand in April of 2020 and a record low of -201.50 Thousand in June of 2020. source: DARES, France
Initial Jobless Claims in France is expected to be 15.00 Thousand by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the France Initial Jobless Claims is projected to trend around -20.00 Thousand in 2027 and -26.00 Thousand in 2028, according to our econometric models.