4 March 2010
2010- n° 65The unemployment rate rose in Q4 2009 ILO Unemployment and Labour Market-related indicators (Labour Force Survey results)
- 4th Quarter 2009
The average ILO unemployment rate in Q4 2009 in metropolitan France and overseas departments reached 10.0% of the active population.
The unemployment rate
The unemployment rate increased in Q4 2009
The average ILO unemployment rate in Q4 2009 in metropolitan France and overseas departments reached 10.0% of the active population.
In metropolitan France only, 9.6% of the active population was unemployed, i.e. 2.7 million people. It has increased by 0.5 point compared to Q3 2009. The last time this rate was reached was at the end of 1999.
More generally, in metropolitan France, 3.4 million people did not work but would like to work, whether they are available or not for work within two weeks, or whether they look actively for a job or not (see additional indicators on the internet).
graphiquegraph_cho_nvIR – ILO-unemployment rate
- Estimation close to +/-0.4 point of the unemployment rate.
- Estimation close to +/-0.3 point of the quaterly variation of the unemployment rate.
- France = Metropolitan France + overseas departments.
- Covers the population of people living in households, people aged 15 years or more.
- Source: INSEE, Labour Force Survey
tableautab_cho_nvIR – Ilo-unemployment rate in metropolitan France
| ILO-unemployment rate (%) | Variation in point | Thousands | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009Q3 | 2009Q4 (p)* | over quarter | over year | 2009Q4 (p)* | |
| Total | 9,1 | 9,6 | 0,5 | 1,8 | 2 727 |
| 15-24 years | 23,7 | 24,0 | 0,3 | 3,4 | 646 |
| 25-49 years | 8,2 | 8,7 | 0,5 | 1,7 | 1 596 |
| 50 years and more | 6,2 | 6,7 | 0,5 | 1,6 | 486 |
| Men | 8,8 | 9,6 | 0,8 | 2,2 | 1 431 |
| 15-24 years | 23,9 | 25,3 | 1,4 | 3,9 | 380 |
| 25-49 years | 7,5 | 8,4 | 0,9 | 2,3 | 803 |
| 50 years and more | 6,2 | 6,6 | 0,4 | 1,7 | 249 |
| Women | 9,6 | 9,6 | 0,0 | 1,2 | 1 297 |
| 15-24 years | 23,5 | 22,3 | –1,2 | 2,6 | 266 |
| 25-49 years | 8,9 | 9,0 | 0,1 | 1,0 | 793 |
| 50 years and more | 6,1 | 6,7 | 0,6 | 1,4 | 237 |
- *(p) = provisional results.
- Covers the population of people living in households in metropolitan France, people aged 15 years or more.
- Source : INSEE, Labour Force Survey
ILO employment and activity
The employment rate of the population aged 15-64 years has been decreasing since mid–2008. At first, only part-time employment decreased; but, since the beginning of 2009, full-time employment is decreasing as part-time employment is increasing. Over Q4 2009, the employment rate of the 15-64 years was 63.7%: 52.5% of the 15-64 years were full-time employed, and 11.2% were part-time employed.
graphiquegraph_partpop_nvIR – Full-time and part-time employment rate (15-64 years)
- Covers the population of people living in households, people aged 15-64 years
- Source: INSEE, Labour Force Survey
The full time equivalent employment rate was inferior by 4 points to the employment rate: it stood at 59.2% on average in Q4 2009.
The activity rate of the 15-64 years was 70.5%.
tableautab_partpop_nvIR – ILO employment, unemployment and activity in the population aged 15-64 years
| % of people in the age group | Variation in point | Thousands (1) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009Q3 | 2009 Q4 (p)* | Over a quarter | Over a year | 2009Q4 (p)* | |
| Employed people (15-64 years) | 63,9 | 63,7 | –0,2 | –1,0 | 25 453 |
| Full-time equivalent employment rate | 59,5 | 59,2 | –0,3 | –1,3 | 23 675 |
| Men aged 15-64 | 68,0 | 67,9 | –0,1 | –1,6 | 13 340 |
| Women aged 15-64 | 59,9 | 59,7 | –0,2 | –0,5 | 12 113 |
| 15-24 years | 27,6 | 27,4 | –0,2 | –1,1 | 2 047 |
| 25-49 years | 82,0 | 81,9 | –0,1 | –1,4 | 16 768 |
| 50-64 years | 55,4 | 55,2 | –0,2 | –0,3 | 6 638 |
| Included : 55-64 years | 41,8 | 42,0 | 0,2 | 0,3 | 3 317 |
| Core employment rate of 55-64 years | 40,9 | 41,3 | 0,4 | 1,0 | |
| Unemployed persons (15-64 years) | 6,4 | 6,8 | 0,4 | 1,3 | 2 719 |
| Men aged 15-64 | 6,6 | 7,3 | 0,7 | 1,8 | 1 426 |
| Women aged 15-64 | 6,3 | 6,4 | 0,1 | 0,9 | 1 292 |
| 15-24 years | 8,6 | 8,6 | 0,0 | 1,2 | 646 |
| 25-49 years | 7,3 | 7,8 | 0,5 | 1,5 | 1 596 |
| 50-64 years | 3,6 | 4,0 | 0,4 | 1,1 | 477 |
| Included : 55-64 years | 2,8 | 3,2 | 0,4 | 0,9 | 249 |
| Active people (15-64 years) | 70,3 | 70,5 | 0,2 | 0,2 | 28 172 |
| Men aged 15-64 | 74,5 | 75,1 | 0,6 | 0,1 | 14 766 |
| Women aged 15-64 | 66,2 | 66,0 | –0,2 | 0,3 | 13 405 |
| 15-24 years | 36,2 | 36,1 | –0,1 | 0,1 | 2 693 |
| 25-49 years | 89,3 | 89,7 | 0,4 | 0,1 | 18 364 |
| 50-64 years | 59,0 | 59,2 | 0,2 | 0,7 | 7 115 |
| Included : 55-64 years | 44,6 | 45,2 | 0,6 | 1,2 | 3 565 |
| Active life expectancy of 55-64 years (years) | 4,4 | 4,4 | 0,0 | 0,2 | |
- *(p) = provisional results
- Covers the population of people living in households in metropolitan France, people aged 15 years or more
- (1) those data cover the people who are 15-64 years old. They are a little bit different of the data in table 1 (which covers the total population).
- Source: INSEE, Labour Force Survey
Underemployment was stable in Q4 2009
The part of underemployment among employed people has been increasing for a year, but was stable at 5.5% on Q4 2009 (1.4 million people). The variations of underemployment are, since mid–2008, due to the variation of the slack work, which was stable on Q4 2009 at 144 000.
tableauTab_ssemp_nvIR – ILO underemployment
| ILO underemployment rate (%) | Variation in point | Thousands | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Q3 | 2009 Q4 (p)* | Over a quarter | Over a year | 2009Q4 (p)* | |
| Total | 5,5 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 0,5 | 1 412 |
| Included : slack work | 0,6 | 0,6 | 0,0 | 0,2 | 144 |
| Women | 8,4 | 8,5 | 0,1 | 0,7 | 1 009 |
| Men | 2,7 | 3,1 | 0,4 | 0,3 | 403 |
- *(p) = provisional results
- Covers the population of people living in households in metropolitan France, people aged 15 years or more
- Source: INSEE, Labour Force Survey
The unemployment rate in Q3 2009 is not revised
The ILO unemployment rate of the third quarter 2009 was not revised compared to the data published December 3, 2009.
In order to improve the precision of the data on the labor market, INSEE increases gradually the size of the sample of the Labour Force Survey since the first quarter 2009. The operation will be ended by September 2010, when the size of the sample will have been increased by 50%. From the publication of Q3 2009 data, published results incorporate the progressive extension of the sample. An improvement in the precision of the results of the Labour Force Survey is expected, which would not lead to a significant break of series on the estimated levels.
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