France’s ILO unemployment rate held at 7.7% in Q3 2025 (+0.1 pts QoQ, +0.3 pts YoY), reflecting a slight rise in joblessness over the year but remaining well below the 2015 peak.

• The number of unemployed reached 2.4 million (+44,000 QoQ), with Q2 revised up to 7.6%, indicating a mild upward drift in joblessness through mid-2025.

• Youth unemployment (15–24) fell -0.2 pts QoQ to 18.8%, extending a -0.8 pt YoY decline, while the 25–49 group rose +0.2 pts QoQ to 7.1% and the 50+ group increased +0.3 pts QoQ to 5.1%.

• Women’s unemployment rose +0.3 pts QoQ to 7.7% and +0.6 pts YoY, matching the men’s rate, which was stable QoQ and up only +0.1 pts YoY.

• The long-term unemployment rate was steady at 1.8% (+0.1 pts QoQ and YoY), remaining -0.4 pts below its pre-pandemic baseline.

• The employment rate edged down to 69.4% (-0.1 pts QoQ, +0.1 pts YoY), with declines among the 15–24 (-0.3 pts QoQ) and 25–49 groups (-0.3 pts QoQ), while the 50–64 rate held at 69.3% (+0.4 pts YoY).

• Full-time employment slipped -0.1 pts QoQ to 57.6%, while part-time work held at 11.8%, keeping the part-time share at 17.7% (still below end-2019 levels).

• Underemployment stayed broadly stable at 4.4% (-0.1 pts QoQ), and the overall labour-supply constraint rate rose slightly to 16.8% (+0.2 pts QoQ), yet remained well below late-2019 levels.

• The activity rate was virtually unchanged at 75.2% (-0.1 pts QoQ, +0.3 pts YoY), with a small decline among youth (-0.5 pts) offset by continued gains among the 50–64 group (+0.2 pts QoQ).