🇫🇷France unemployment rate
France's unemployment rate is 8.2% as of August 2026, from official Eurostat data. It fell from 8.3% the previous month. Over the period shown it has ranged from 6.9% to 10.1%. That is 1.8 percentage points above the euro-area average of 6.4% — the 3rd of 21 member states that report it.
Unemployment rate · France
8.2%
vs prev
▼ 0.1 pp
Source: Eurostat (une_rt_m) · data through August 2026 · released 2026-10-01 · modifications: none
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France unemployment rate — frequently asked questions
- What is France's unemployment rate?
- France's unemployment rate is 8.2% as of August 2026, from official Eurostat data.
- How does France's unemployment rate compare with the euro area?
- It is the 3rd-highest of 21 euro-area members that report it, against a euro-area average of 6.4%.
- Is France's unemployment rate rising or falling?
- It fell from 8.3% to 8.2% in the latest reading (August 2026).
France — more indicators
- Inflation rate
- Food inflation
- GDP growth
- Industrial production
- Retail sales
- Youth unemployment rate
- Government debt
- Government budget balance
- Mortgage rate
- Business lending rate
- 10-year bond yield
- 10-year Bund spread
- Economic sentiment
- Industrial confidence
- Services confidence
- Retail confidence
- Construction confidence
- Consumer confidence
- Rent inflation
- House price growth
- Food price level
- New home price growth
- Existing home price growth
- Housing cost overburden rate
- Building permit growth
- House price-to-income ratio
- House price-to-rent ratio