France Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate in France remained unchanged at 72.30 percent in the first quarter of 2019 from 72.30 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018. Labor Force Participation Rate in France averaged 70.62 percent from 2003 until 2019, 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 72.50 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 72.60 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the France Labor Force Participation Rate is projected to trend around 73.00 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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France Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	8.70	8.80	10.70	7.20	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	28257.50	28208.80	28257.50	19530.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	3376.50	3372.90	3591.10	1975.80	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	66.10	66.10	66.10	63.50	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	3.30	3.40	5.00	2.40	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	20.20	20.10	26.00	14.50	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	107.50	108.30	108.30	5.90	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	103.70	103.60	103.70	18.48	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	290.50	297.10	363.80	121.10	Thousand	[+]
Wages	2988.00	2962.00	2988.00	1751.73	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	103.10	102.20	116.10	72.70	Index Points	[+]
Minimum Wages	1521.22	1521.22	1521.22	1035.97	EUR/Month	[+]
Wage Growth	0.80	0.20	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	72.30	72.30	69.50	percent	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	3.60	-9.70	72.70	-60.70	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	2780.90	2775.50	5475.10	2760.70	Thousand	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	25330.50	25236.70	25330.50	24288.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	19538.30	19445.60	19538.30	12409.60	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	4754.60	4732.00	4965.70	3802.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	0.20	0.20	0.70	-0.50	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	21820.30	22043.90	22172.40	18337.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	5792.20	5791.10	5817.80	5608.00	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

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	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	72.30	72.30	72.30	69.50	2003 - 2019	percent	Quarterly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.10	Apr/19	79.2	79.3 : 74.1	%
France	72.30	Mar/19	72.3	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.20	Jun/19	71.1	71.2 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.30	Mar/19	68.7	68.8 : 66.8	%
Russia	67.70	Mar/19	62.1	70.3 : 61.9	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/18	67.7	68.3 : 55.3	%
Australia	66.00	Jun/19	66	66 : 60.1	%
Canada	65.70	Jun/19	65.7	67.7 : 61.4	%
Italy	65.70	May/19	65.7	65.9 : 61.6	%
South Korea	64.20	Jun/19	64	64.2 : 48.5	%
United States	62.90	Jun/19	62.8	67.3 : 58.1	%
Japan	62.20	May/19	62.1	74 : 58.5	%
Brazil	62.10	May/19	61.9	62.1 : 60.8	%
Germany	61.80	Dec/18	61.5	61.8 : 56.9	%
Mexico	60.20	May/19	59.7	61.47 : 58.18	%
South Africa	58.80	Mar/19	59.4	60.8 : 53.6	%
Spain	58.35	Mar/19	58.61	60.55 : 48.88	%
Euro Area	57.40	Dec/18	57.3	57.4 : 55	%
Saudi Arabia	56.40	Mar/19	55.9	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	53.10	Apr/19	53.3	53.5 : 43.9	%
India	49.80	Dec/18	50.4	63.7 : 49.8	%
Argentina	47.00	Mar/19	46.5	47 : 44.5	%