France Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate in France increased to 72.30 percent in the third quarter of 2018 from 72.20 percent in the second quarter of 2018. Labor Force Participation Rate in France averaged 70.57 percent from 2003 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 72.30 percent in the third quarter of 2018 and a record low of 69.50 percent in the third quarter of 2003.

Labor Force Participation Rate in France is expected to be 72.40 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Labor Force Participation Rate in France to stand at 72.50 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the France Labor Force Participation Rate is projected to trend around 72.80 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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France Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	9.10	9.10	10.70	7.20	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	28184.20	28145.30	28184.20	19530.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	3410.80	3425.90	3584.90	1975.90	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	65.90	65.80	65.90	63.50	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	3.40	3.60	5.00	2.40	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	21.80	21.60	26.20	14.50	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	108.20	108.10	108.20	5.90	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	118.72	118.44	118.72	20.68	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	242.90	285.40	363.80	121.10	Thousand	[+]
Wages	2998.00	2956.00	2998.00	1751.73	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	102.00	101.60	117.90	72.70	Index Points	[+]
Minimum Wages	1521.22	1521.22	1521.22	1035.97	EUR/Month	[+]
Wage Growth	0.40	0.70	1.00	0.10	percent	[+]
Population	67.19	66.95	67.19	45.46	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	62.00	62.00	62.00	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	62.00	62.00	62.00	60.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	72.30	72.20	72.30	69.50	percent	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	-15.10	-9.70	74.30	-61.70	Thousand	[+]
Living Wage Family	1790.00	1750.00	1860.00	1650.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1080.00	1050.00	1150.00	960.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	2772.80	2774.30	5475.10	2768.90	Thousand	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	25173.60	25158.60	25173.60	24298.40	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	19392.30	19369.90	19392.30	12409.60	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	4948.80	4838.00	4965.70	3802.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	0.10	0.20	0.70	-0.50	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	21849.10	21682.40	21859.10	18337.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	5781.30	5788.70	5806.90	5609.30	Thousand	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1610.00	1580.00	1610.00	1530.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	3120.00	3460.00	3460.00	3120.00	EUR/Month	[+]

France Labor Force Participation Rate

This page provides - France Labor Force Participation Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. France Labor Force Participation Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	72.30	72.20	72.30	69.50	2003 - 2018	percent	Quarterly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.00	Oct/18	79	79 : 74.1	%
France	72.30	Sep/18	72.2	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.00	Dec/18	70.9	71 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.40	Jun/18	68.4	68.8 : 66.8	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/17	68	68.3 : 55.3	%
Australia	65.70	Nov/18	65.5	65.8 : 60.1	%
Italy	65.70	Nov/18	65.8	65.9 : 61.7	%
Canada	65.40	Dec/18	65.4	67.7 : 61.4	%
United States	63.10	Dec/18	62.9	67.3 : 58.1	%
Russia	62.90	Nov/18	62.8	70.3 : 62.5	%
South Korea	62.20	Dec/18	63.4	63.9 : 48.5	%
Japan	61.90	Nov/18	62	74 : 58.5	%
Brazil	61.80	Nov/18	61.8	61.9 : 60.9	%
Germany	60.90	Jun/18	61	61.7 : 56.9	%
Mexico	59.50	Sep/18	60	61.47 : 58.18	%
South Africa	59.50	Sep/18	59.1	60.8 : 53.6	%
Spain	58.73	Sep/18	58.8	60.55 : 48.88	%
Euro Area	57.20	Jun/18	57	57.3 : 55	%
Saudi Arabia	56.20	Jun/18	55.5	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	53.60	Oct/18	53.4	53.6 : 43.9	%
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9 : 50.9	%
Argentina	46.70	Sep/18	46.4	46.9 : 44.5	%