Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Functional area 2020 of Kourou (9C3)

Detailed figures

Paru le :12/09/2022

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status
2008 2013 2019
Altogether 17 698 17 886 17 713
Labor force in % 66,8 67,8 70,1
 including people in work in % 48,7 49,9 49,0
 including unemployed workers in % 18,1 17,9 21,2
Economically inactive people in % 33,2 32,2 29,9
 including pupils, students or interns in % 14,7 15,3 15,7
 including retirees in % 2,0 2,0 1,4
 including other economically inactive people in % 16,5 14,9 12,7
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T2 - Economic activity and employment of the population aged 15 to 64 by sex and by age in 2019

EMP 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 17 713 12 420 70,1 8 672 49,0
 15 to 24 years old 4 603 1 472 32,0 695 15,1
 25 to 54 years old 10 820 9 255 85,5 6 608 61,1
 55 to 64 years old 2 290 1 692 73,9 1 370 59,8
Male 8 610 6 432 74,7 4 976 57,8
 15 to 24 years old 2 398 846 35,3 420 17,5
 25 to 54 years old 5 002 4 627 92,5 3 748 74,9
 55 to 64 years old 1 211 959 79,2 808 66,7
Female 9 103 5 988 65,8 3 696 40,6
 15 to 24 years old 2 205 626 28,4 274 12,4
 25 to 54 years old 5 818 4 629 79,6 2 860 49,2
 55 to 64 years old 1 079 733 68,0 562 52,0
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019
Population (%)
People in work 49,0
Unemployed workers 21,2
Retirees 1,4
Pupils, students or interns 15,7
Other economically inactive people 12,7
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019

  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification

EMP 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 11 796 8 611 12 100 8 924 12 465 8 666
including
 Farmer operators 72 60 88 70 54 47
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 736 620 840 735 603 493
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 1 173 1 154 1 284 1 254 1 206 1 173
 Middle-level occupations 2 285 2 144 2 393 2 215 2 527 2 284
 Services employee 3 375 2 693 3 806 2 910 3 923 2 986
 Blue-collar workers 2 587 1 941 2 366 1 740 2 442 1 683
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population
2008 2013 2019
Number of unemployed workers 3 211 3 199 3 747
Unemployment rate in % 27,2 26,4 30,2
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 49,9 51,4 52,8
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 24,7 23,8 28,6
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 15,3 17,1 19,1
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G2 - Unemployment rate (within the sense of the census) of the 15-64 aged population by level of education in 2019

EMP 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 49,7
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 35,9
CAP, BEP or equivalent 28,4
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 25,6
2 years at university 11,0
3 to 4 years at university 10,3
5 years and over at university 7,0
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP 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.

EMP T5 - Employment and activity

EMP T5 - Employment and activity
2008 2013 2019
Number of jobs in the area 8 888 9 359 9 364
People in work living in the area 8 653 9 008 8 810
Employment concentration indicator 102,7 103,9 106,3
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 64,4 64,8 65,7
  • 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.

EMP T6 - Employment by working status

EMP T6 - Employment by working status
2008 % 2013 % 2019 %
Altogether 8 888 100,0 9 359 100,0 9 364 100,0
Employee 7 920 89,1 8 259 88,3 8 393 89,6
 including women 3 172 35,7 3 292 35,2 3 625 38,7
 including part-time workers 951 10,7 865 9,2 916 9,8
Non-employee 968 10,9 1 099 11,7 971 10,4
 including women 369 4,1 393 4,2 353 3,8
 including part-time workers 152 1,7 173 1,8 159 1,7
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, main workplaces, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2019

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2019
Number %
Altogether 9 428 100,0
Farmer operators 76 0,8
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 562 6,0
Managers and higher intellectual professions 1 407 14,9
Middle-level occupations 2 595 27,5
Services employee 3 072 32,6
Blue-collar workers 1 717 18,2
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity
2008 2013 2019
Farmer operators 0,8 0,8 0,8
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 7,4 8,0 6,0
Managers and higher intellectual professions 13,1 15,1 14,9
Middle-level occupations 25,6 25,9 27,5
Services employee 31,1 31,7 32,6
Blue-collar workers 21,9 18,4 18,2
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors
2008 2013 2019
Number % Number % Number % including women in % including employees %
Altogether 8 889 100,0 9 324 100,0 9 428 100,0 42,6 92,1
Agriculture 153 1,7 146 1,6 160 1,7 14,7 53,1
Industry 1 014 11,4 1 001 10,7 919 9,7 19,3 91,1
Construction 948 10,7 1 019 10,9 844 9,0 7,7 82,0
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 3 507 39,5 3 507 37,6 3 467 36,8 42,5 89,3
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 3 267 36,8 3 651 39,2 4 038 42,8 56,4 98,3
  • Sources: Insee, RP2008, RP2013 and RP2019, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2019
Employees Non-employees
Agriculture 7,1 23,2
Industry 17,8 35,2
Construction 8,6 3,4
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 42,2 44,6
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 56,7 44,8
  • Source: Insee, RP2019 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2022.

EMP 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.