Long-term unemployment in France 2020

In 2020 the long-term unemployment rate was 2.9 percent in France. This term means that a person has not been employed for at least 12 months. Since 2005, this rate has varied between 2.9 and 4.6 percent. Since 2016, it has been decreasing in France.

Long-term unemployment rate in France from 2005 to 2020

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Release date

April 2022

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Region

France

Survey time period

2005 to 2020

Age group

15-74 years

Supplementary notes

The definitions of employment and unemployment, as well as other survey characteristics follow the definitions and recommendations of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The precise definition of unemployment is given in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1897/2000. The main concepts and indicators related to the labour status are the following:
- The long term unemployment rate is the share of persons unemployed for 12 months or more in the total number of active persons in the labour market. Active persons are those who are either employed or unemployed.

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