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France Unemployment Rate 2000s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
8.70% decade average (2000-2009)

France's unemployment rate during the 2000s ranged from 7.39% (2008) to 10.22% (2000), averaging 8.70% over 10 years of data.

2000s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2000 10.22% −0.22pp 123rd
2001 8.61% −0.57pp 114th
2002 8.70% +0.24pp 112th
2003 8.31% +0.03pp 110th
2004 8.91% +0.39pp 121st
2005 8.88% +0.01pp 125th
2006 8.83% −0.04pp 129th
2007 8.01% −0.83pp 125th
2008 7.39% −0.63pp 120th
2009 9.12% +1.68pp 127th