What is the employment situation in France?
In France, as in all developed countries, the service sector provides the vast majority of jobs. There are almost as many women working (49%) as men (51%) but employment conditions according to gender are still very unequal.
What is the tertiary sector? It is the economic sector of service activities. It includes a wide variety of jobs related to trade, administration, transport, banking, and real estate. It also includes jobs in education, health, and social work.
Source : Insee
The unemployment rate has been falling steadily in France for several years. It affects about 7.4% of the population. This level is quite high for the European average.
The unemployment rate of people depends a lot on their level of education and their socio-professional categories: executives and higher education graduates are about three times more likely to find a job, than workers with little education.
The unemployment rate is 6.7% on average in the EU. It is 3.2% in Germany and 7.4% in France. It exceeds 12% in Spain and Greece.
Unemployment rate of 15- to 74-year-old in the EU (end 2021) Graphic Eurostat
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