5 June 2014
2014- n° 131Unemployment rate was steady in Q1 2014 ILO Unemployment and Labour Market-related indicators (Labour Force Survey results)
- 1st Quarter 2014
In Q1 2014, the average ILO unemployment rate in metropolitan France and overseas departments stood at 10.1%. In metropolitan France only, with 2.8 million people, 9.7% of the active population was unemployed. The unemployment rate was steady q-o-q. Over a year, it decreased by 0.2 percentage points.
Unemployment rate
The unemployment rate was steady in Q1 2014 in metropolitan France
In Q1 2014, the average ILO unemployment rate in metropolitan France and overseas departments stood at 10.1%. In metropolitan France only, with 2.8 million people, 9.7% of the active population was unemployed. The unemployment rate was steady q-o-q. Over a year, it decreased by 0.2 percentage points.
graphiquegraph_cho_nvIR – ILO-unemployment rate
- Estimation close to +/-0.3 point of the of the level of unemployment rate and of its quarterly variations
- Covers the population of people living in households, people aged 15 years or more
- Source: INSEE, Labour Force Survey
Among inactive people, 1.4 million wish to work but they are not considered as unemployed: they are part of the unemployment’s halo. The number of people in the unemployment’s halo rose by 55,000 in Q1 2014, and by 101,000 over the year.
tableautab_cho_nvIR – Ilo-unemployment rate in metropolitan France
| ILO-unemployment rate (%) | Variation in point | Thousands | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013Q4 | 2014Q1 (p)* | over quarter | over year | 2014Q1 (p)* | |
| Total | 9,7 | 9,7 | 0,0 | –0,2 | 2 779 |
| 15-24 years | 22,7 | 22,9 | 0,2 | –2,0 | 620 |
| 25-49 years | 9,1 | 9,0 | –0,1 | –0,1 | 1 630 |
| 50 years and more | 6,4 | 6,7 | 0,3 | 0,2 | 529 |
| Men | 9,7 | 10,0 | 0,3 | –0,1 | 1 487 |
| 15-24 years | 22,4 | 23,0 | 0,6 | –1,9 | 342 |
| 25-49 years | 9,1 | 9,4 | 0,3 | 0,3 | 876 |
| 50 years and more | 6,4 | 6,7 | 0,3 | –0,1 | 270 |
| Women | 9,6 | 9,4 | –0,2 | –0,3 | 1 292 |
| 15-24 years | 23,0 | 22,7 | –0,3 | –2,1 | 278 |
| 25-49 years | 9,2 | 8,7 | –0,5 | –0,4 | 755 |
| 50 years and more | 6,4 | 6,8 | 0,4 | 0,5 | 259 |
- *(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
graphiquegraph_halo_IR – People in unemployment's halo
- 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 increased by 0.1 percentage points in Q1 2014 and stood at 64.3%; over a year, it increased by 0.4 percentage points. The employment rate of the population aged 50-64 years increased most, by 0.4 percentage points q-o-q and by 0.9 percentage points y-o-y. The employment rate of the population aged 25-49 years was steady in Q1 2014 and for people aged 15-24 years, it increased by 0.1 percentage points.
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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013Q4 | 2014Q1 (p)* | Over quarter | Over year | 2014Q1 (p)* | |
| Employed people | 64,2 | 64,3 | 0,1 | 0,4 | 25 588 |
| Men | 67,7 | 67,7 | 0,0 | –0,1 | 13 239 |
| Women | 60,7 | 61,0 | 0,3 | 0,9 | 12 349 |
| 15-24 years | 28,5 | 28,6 | 0,1 | 0,2 | 2 091 |
| 25-49 years | 80,8 | 80,8 | 0,0 | 0,2 | 16 393 |
| 50-64 years | 57,9 | 58,3 | 0,4 | 0,9 | 7 104 |
| Unemployed persons | 6,9 | 7,0 | 0,1 | –0,1 | 2 774 |
| Men | 7,3 | 7,6 | 0,3 | 0,0 | 1 485 |
| Women | 6,5 | 6,4 | –0,1 | –0,1 | 1 290 |
| 15-24 years | 8,4 | 8,5 | 0,1 | –0,9 | 620 |
| 25-49 years | 8,1 | 8,0 | –0,1 | 0,0 | 1 630 |
| 50-64 years | 4,1 | 4,3 | 0,2 | 0,2 | 524 |
| Active people | 71,1 | 71,3 | 0,2 | 0,3 | 28 362 |
| Men | 75,0 | 75,3 | 0,3 | –0,2 | 14 724 |
| Women | 67,3 | 67,4 | 0,1 | 0,8 | 13 639 |
| 15-24 years | 36,9 | 37,1 | 0,2 | –0,7 | 2 710 |
| 25-49 years | 88,9 | 88,8 | –0,1 | 0,2 | 18 024 |
| 50-64 years | 62,0 | 62,6 | 0,6 | 1,1 | 7 628 |
- *(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 the previous table (which covers the total population).
- Source: INSEE, Labour Force Survey
Underemployment concerns 6.3% of employed people
In Q1 2014, 6.3% of the persons employed were underemployed, decreasing by 0.1 percentage points. Slack work stood at 0.2%.
The unwanted part-time picked up by 0.1 percentage points and stood at 6.1% of the employed (see additional indicators on the internet).
tableauTab_ssemp_nvIR – ILO underemployment
| ILO underemployment rate (%) | Variation in point | Thousands | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013Q4 | 2014Q1 (p)* | Over a quarter | Over a year | 2014Q1 (p)* | |
| Total | 6,4 | 6,3 | –0,1 | –0,3 | 1 633 |
| Included : slack work | 0,3 | 0,2 | –0,1 | –0,5 | 55 |
| Men | 3,2 | 3,0 | –0,2 | –0,9 | 405 |
| Women | 9,7 | 9,7 | 0,0 | –0,3 | 1 228 |
- *(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 Q4 2013 is downgraded by 0.1 point with regard to the temporary publication of March 2014. In this quarter, besides the usual revisions, the weighting of the labour force survey was revised to include the results of the census 2011.
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