Unemployment Rate (Eurostat) fell 2.88% to 10.1% in France in 2016, according to Eurostat.
Historically, Unemployment Rate (Eurostat) in France reached an all time high of 10.7% in 1997 and an all time low of 7.30% in 1983. When compared to France's main peers, Unemployment Rate (Eurostat) in Belgium amounted to 7.80%, 4.10% in Germany, 11.7% in Italy and 19.6% in Spain in 2016.
France has been ranked 7th within the group of 32 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate (Eurostat), 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate (Eurostat) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Austria | % | 4.60% | 4.90% | 5.40% | 5.60% | 5.70% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 7.20% | 7.60% | 8.40% | 8.50% | 8.50% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 9.20% | 9.80% | 10.3% | 10.3% | 10.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 5.80% | 5.40% | 5.20% | 5.00% | 4.60% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 8.40% | 10.7% | 12.1% | 12.7% | 11.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | 4.80% | 5.10% | 5.90% | 6.00% | 6.50% | ||||||||||||||||
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| Netherlands | % | 5.00% | 5.80% | 7.30% | 7.40% | 6.90% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 9.70% | 10.1% | 10.3% | 9.00% | 7.50% | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | % | 12.9% | 15.8% | 16.4% | 14.1% | 12.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | % | 8.20% | 8.90% | 10.1% | 9.70% | 9.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 21.4% | 24.8% | 26.1% | 24.5% | 22.1% | ||||||||||||||||
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