2 September 2010
2010- n° 212Decrease in the unemployment rate in Q2 2010 ILO Unemployment and Labour Market-related indicators (Labour Force Survey results)
- 2nd Quarter 2010
In Q2 2010, the average ILO unemployment rate in metropolitan France and overseas departments stood at 9.7% of the active population.
The unemployment rate
The unemployment rate decreased in Q2 2010
In Q2 2010, the average ILO unemployment rate in metropolitan France and overseas departments stood at 9.7% of the active population.
In metropolitan France only, 9.3% of the active population was unemployed, i.e. 2.6 million people. It is lower than in Q1 2010, but stays at a high level.
More generally, in metropolitan France, 3.3 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 +/-0.3 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010Q1 | 2010 Q2 (p)* | over quarter | over year | 2010Q2 (p)* | |
| Total | 9,5 | 9,3 | –0,2 | 0,2 | 2 624 |
| 15-24 years | 23,3 | 23,3 | 0,0 | –0,5 | 632 |
| 25-49 years | 8,6 | 8,4 | –0,2 | 0,2 | 1 543 |
| 50 years and more | 6,6 | 6,1 | –0,5 | 0,2 | 450 |
| Men | 9,3 | 9,1 | –0,2 | 0,1 | 1 351 |
| 15-24 years | 24,0 | 22,0 | –2,0 | –3,0 | 328 |
| 25-49 years | 8,3 | 8,3 | 0,0 | 0,6 | 792 |
| 50 years and more | 6,2 | 6,0 | –0,2 | 0,3 | 231 |
| Women | 9,7 | 9,4 | –0,3 | 0,1 | 1 273 |
| 15-24 years | 22,4 | 24,7 | 2,3 | 2,3 | 304 |
| 25-49 years | 9,0 | 8,6 | –0,4 | –0,1 | 750 |
| 50 years and more | 6,9 | 6,2 | –0,7 | 0,1 | 219 |
- *(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 was stable at 63.8% in Q2 2010. This stability hides an increase in the temporary contract, and a decline in the permanent contract: the proportion of temporary contract in the population aged 15 64 years increased at 6.6%, while the proportion of permanent contract in the same age group decreased at 49%.
graphiquegraph_partpop_nvIR – Permanent and temporary contract 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 is inferior by 4 points to the employment rate: it stood at 59.4% on average in Q2 2010.
The activity rate of the 15-64 years was 70.3%.
tableau – ILO employment, unemployment and activity in the population aged 15-64 years
| % of people in the age group | Variation in point | Thousands (1) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010Q1 | 2010 Q2 (p)* | Over quarter | Over year | 2010 Q2 (p)* | |
| Employed people (15-64 years) | 63,8 | 63,8 | 0,0 | –0,4 | 25 561 |
| Full-time equivalent employment rate | 59,4 | 59,4 | 0,0 | –0,4 | 23 786 |
| Men aged 15-64 | 67,8 | 67,9 | 0,1 | –0,5 | 13 389 |
| Women aged 15-64 | 59,8 | 59,8 | 0,0 | –0,4 | 12 172 |
| 15-24 years | 28,0 | 27,9 | –0,1 | –0,4 | 2 084 |
| 25-49 years | 81,7 | 81,8 | 0,1 | –0,4 | 16 732 |
| 50-64 years | 55,5 | 55,6 | 0,1 | –0,1 | 6 745 |
| Included : 55-64 years | 41,7 | 42,1 | 0,4 | 0,3 | 3 375 |
| Core employment rate of 55-64 years | 41,2 | 41,6 | 0,4 | 1,0 | |
| Unemployed persons (15-64 years) | 6,7 | 6,5 | –0,2 | 0,0 | 2 615 |
| Men aged 15-64 | 7,0 | 6,8 | –0,2 | 0,1 | 1 347 |
| Women aged 15-64 | 6,4 | 6,2 | –0,2 | 0,0 | 1 268 |
| 15-24 years | 8,5 | 8,5 | 0,0 | –0,3 | 632 |
| 25-49 years | 7,7 | 7,5 | –0,2 | 0,2 | 1 543 |
| 50-64 years | 4,0 | 3,6 | –0,4 | 0,1 | 441 |
| Included : 55-64 years | 3,1 | 3,0 | –0,1 | 0,1 | 241 |
| Active people (15-64 years) | 70,5 | 70,3 | –0,2 | –0,4 | 28 176 |
| Men aged 15-64 | 74,8 | 74,7 | –0,1 | –0,4 | 14 736 |
| Women aged 15-64 | 66,3 | 66,1 | –0,2 | –0,3 | 13 440 |
| 15-24 years | 36,5 | 36,3 | –0,2 | –0,8 | 2 716 |
| 25-49 years | 89,4 | 89,3 | –0,1 | –0,2 | 18 274 |
| 50-64 years | 59,5 | 59,2 | –0,3 | 0,0 | 7 186 |
| Included : 55-64 years | 44,8 | 45,1 | 0,3 | 0,4 | 3 615 |
| Active life expectancy of 55-64 years (years) | 4,4 | 4,5 | 0,1 | 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 decreased in Q2 2010
On Q2 2010, 5.8% of the persons employed are underemployed. The decrease, –0.3 point, is due to the decline of the slack work, which goes from 0.8% of the employed down to 0.5% in the second quarter. The unwanted part-time was stable at 5.3% of the employed (see additional indicators on the internet).
tableauTab_ssemp_nvIR – ILO underemployment
| ILO underemployment rate (%) | Variation in point | Thousands | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Q1 | 2010 Q2 (p)* | Over a quarter | Over a year | 2010Q2 (p)* | |
| Total | 6,1 | 5,8 | –0,3 | 0,0 | 1 483 |
| Included : slack work | 0,8 | 0,5 | –0,3 | –0,6 | 126 |
| Women | 9,0 | 8,8 | –0,2 | 0,5 | 1 087 |
| Men | 3,6 | 2,9 | –0,7 | –0,2 | 396 |
- *(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
Revision
The ILO unemployment rate of Q1 2010 is not revised compared to the temporary publication of June 2010.
A more precise estimate
In order to improve the precision of the data on the labor market, INSEE gradually increased the size of the sample of the Labour Force Survey since the first quarter of 2009. The operation ended with the publication of Q2 2010 results; the size of the sample has been increased by 50%. Consequently, the estimate of the quarterly unemployment rate is more precise (+/–0.3 point against +/– 0.4 point before the increase of the sample). The estimate of the variation is also more precise, but within the limits of the rounding (+/–0,3 point).
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