Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Functional area 2020 of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (9C2)
tableauEMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status
2008 | 2013 | 2019 | |
---|---|---|---|
Altogether | 19 957 | 22 972 | 25 772 |
Labor force in % | 56,3 | 57,3 | 60,4 |
including people in work in % | 28,6 | 29,9 | 29,7 |
including unemployed workers in % | 27,6 | 27,4 | 30,7 |
Economically inactive people in % | 43,7 | 42,7 | 39,6 |
including pupils, students or interns in % | 15,6 | 15,8 | 16,9 |
including retirees in % | 0,9 | 1,2 | 0,7 |
including other economically inactive people in % | 27,2 | 25,8 | 22,0 |
- Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.
tableauEMP T2 - Economic activity and employment of the population aged 15 to 64 by sex and by age in 2019
Population | Labor force | Activity rate in % | People in work | Employment rate in % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Altogether | 25 772 | 15 558 | 60,4 | 7 658 | 29,7 |
15 to 24 years old | 8 881 | 3 333 | 37,5 | 1 031 | 11,6 |
25 to 54 years old | 14 701 | 11 124 | 75,7 | 5 894 | 40,1 |
55 to 64 years old | 2 190 | 1 101 | 50,3 | 733 | 33,5 |
Male | 11 409 | 7 234 | 63,4 | 4 046 | 35,5 |
15 to 24 years old | 4 189 | 1 648 | 39,3 | 538 | 12,8 |
25 to 54 years old | 6 155 | 4 954 | 80,5 | 3 078 | 50,0 |
55 to 64 years old | 1 065 | 631 | 59,2 | 430 | 40,3 |
Female | 14 362 | 8 324 | 58,0 | 3 612 | 25,1 |
15 to 24 years old | 4 692 | 1 685 | 35,9 | 493 | 10,5 |
25 to 54 years old | 8 545 | 6 170 | 72,2 | 2 816 | 32,9 |
55 to 64 years old | 1 125 | 469 | 41,7 | 303 | 27,0 |
- Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.
tableauEMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019
Population (%) | |
---|---|
People in work | 29,7 |
Unemployed workers | 30,7 |
Retirees | 0,7 |
Pupils, students or interns | 16,9 |
Other economically inactive people | 22,0 |
- Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.
graphiqueEMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019

- Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.
tableauEMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification
2008 | including people in work | 2013 | including people in work | 2019 | including people in work | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Altogether | 11 233 | 5 708 | 13 188 | 6 901 | 15 557 | 7 657 |
including | ||||||
Farmer operators | 60 | 52 | 236 | 92 | 109 | 72 |
Handicrafters, traders and business leaders | 940 | 843 | 1 410 | 994 | 608 | 508 |
Managers and higher intellectual professions | 513 | 500 | 833 | 803 | 1 034 | 995 |
Middle-level occupations | 1 516 | 1 410 | 1 932 | 1 732 | 2 425 | 2 241 |
Services employee | 2 343 | 1 841 | 3 238 | 2 076 | 3 509 | 2 546 |
Blue-collar workers | 1 565 | 1 061 | 2 103 | 1 203 | 2 181 | 1 295 |
- Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.
tableauEMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population
2008 | 2013 | 2019 | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of unemployed workers | 5 513 | 6 284 | 7 900 |
Unemployment rate in % | 49,1 | 47,8 | 50,8 |
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged | 64,3 | 67,9 | 69,1 |
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged | 46,3 | 44,2 | 47,0 |
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged | 34,2 | 28,8 | 33,4 |
- Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.
tableauEMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019
Unemployment rate in % | |
---|---|
No diploma or primary education certificate | 71,1 |
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB | 75,2 |
CAP, BEP or equivalent | 53,7 |
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent | 36,8 |
2 years at university | 12,1 |
3 to 4 years at university | 5,8 |
5 years and over at university | 7,3 |
- Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.
graphiqueEMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019

- Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.
tableauEMP T5 - Employment and activity
2008 | 2013 | 2019 | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of jobs in the area | 5 927 | 7 142 | 7 944 |
People in work living in the area | 5 759 | 6 938 | 7 746 |
Employment concentration indicator | 102,9 | 102,9 | 102,6 |
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % | 54,6 | 55,3 | 57,8 |
- The employment concentration indicator is equal to the number of jobs in the area per 100 people in work living in the area.
- Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main holdings, place of residence and place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.
tableauEMP T6 - Employment by working status
2008 | % | 2013 | % | 2019 | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Altogether | 5 927 | 100,0 | 7 142 | 100,0 | 7 944 | 100,0 |
Employee | 4 845 | 81,7 | 5 756 | 80,6 | 7 057 | 88,8 |
including women | 2 191 | 37,0 | 2 593 | 36,3 | 3 396 | 42,7 |
including part-time workers | 678 | 11,4 | 1 049 | 14,7 | 1 293 | 16,3 |
Non-employee | 1 082 | 18,3 | 1 386 | 19,4 | 887 | 11,2 |
including women | 315 | 5,3 | 417 | 5,8 | 281 | 3,5 |
including part-time workers | 69 | 1,2 | 183 | 2,6 | 168 | 2,1 |
- Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main workplaces, geography as of 01/01/2022.
tableauEMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2019
Number | % | |
---|---|---|
Altogether | 7 988 | 100,0 |
Farmer operators | 90 | 1,1 |
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders | 526 | 6,6 |
Managers and higher intellectual professions | 1 026 | 12,8 |
Middle-level occupations | 2 410 | 30,2 |
Services employee | 2 540 | 31,8 |
Blue-collar workers | 1 397 | 17,5 |
- Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.
tableauEMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity
2008 | 2013 | 2019 | |
---|---|---|---|
Farmer operators | 0,9 | 1,7 | 1,1 |
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders | 14,6 | 14,4 | 6,6 |
Managers and higher intellectual professions | 8,9 | 11,9 | 12,8 |
Middle-level occupations | 25,7 | 24,9 | 30,2 |
Services employee | 31,0 | 29,5 | 31,8 |
Blue-collar workers | 19,0 | 17,5 | 17,5 |
- Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.
graphiqueEMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

- Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.
tableauEMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors
2008 | 2013 | 2019 | ||||||
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | including women in % | including employees % | |
Altogether | 5 893 | 100,0 | 7 230 | 100,0 | 7 988 | 100,0 | 46,1 | 91,1 |
Agriculture | 109 | 1,9 | 178 | 2,5 | 107 | 1,3 | 31,2 | 30,1 |
Industry | 667 | 11,3 | 682 | 9,4 | 323 | 4,0 | 12,9 | 71,7 |
Construction | 392 | 6,7 | 493 | 6,8 | 511 | 6,4 | 11,8 | 82,7 |
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities | 1 296 | 22,0 | 1 671 | 23,1 | 1 854 | 23,2 | 36,9 | 82,9 |
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work | 3 429 | 58,2 | 4 207 | 58,2 | 5 193 | 65,0 | 55,1 | 97,3 |
- Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.
tableauEMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019
Employees | Non-employees | |
---|---|---|
Agriculture | 7,7 | 41,3 |
Industry | 15,1 | 7,4 |
Construction | 12,5 | 8,1 |
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities | 37,9 | 32,1 |
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work | 55,8 | 32,3 |
- Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.
graphiqueEMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019

- Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.
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