Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Urban unit 2020 of Basse-Terre (9A501)

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 34 972 33 480 30 502
Labor force in % 68,3 68,9 70,4
 including people in work in % 48,3 48,0 49,3
 including unemployed workers in % 20,0 21,0 21,1
Economically inactive people in % 31,7 31,1 29,6
 including pupils, students or interns in % 12,6 11,8 11,7
 including retirees in % 6,7 6,4 4,4
 including other economically inactive people in % 12,4 12,9 13,5
  • 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 30 502 21 469 70,4 15 045 49,3
 15 to 24 years old 5 646 1 713 30,3 711 12,6
 25 to 54 years old 17 065 14 635 85,8 10 218 59,9
 55 to 64 years old 7 792 5 121 65,7 4 116 52,8
Male 13 867 9 603 69,2 6 868 49,5
 15 to 24 years old 2 892 904 31,2 380 13,1
 25 to 54 years old 7 396 6 310 85,3 4 589 62,0
 55 to 64 years old 3 579 2 390 66,8 1 899 53,1
Female 16 635 11 866 71,3 8 177 49,2
 15 to 24 years old 2 753 809 29,4 331 12,0
 25 to 54 years old 9 669 8 325 86,1 5 629 58,2
 55 to 64 years old 4 213 2 732 64,8 2 218 52,6
  • 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 49,3
Unemployed workers 21,1
Retirees 4,4
Pupils, students or interns 11,7
Other economically inactive people 13,5
  • 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 23 736 16 894 23 145 16 181 21 454 15 062
including
 Farmer operators 377 357 368 312 262 197
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 1 602 1 410 1 727 1 517 1 298 1 110
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 1 911 1 860 1 972 1 911 1 785 1 729
 Middle-level occupations 4 605 3 993 4 981 4 278 4 896 4 187
 Services employee 8 941 6 523 7 990 5 625 7 934 5 633
 Blue-collar workers 4 307 2 750 4 151 2 538 3 668 2 206
  • 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 6 994 7 017 6 424
Unemployment rate in % 29,3 30,4 29,9
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 57,2 61,0 58,5
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 28,7 30,8 30,2
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 12,6 14,9 19,6
  • 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 47,9
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 31,4
CAP, BEP or equivalent 34,6
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 30,0
2 years at university 20,3
3 to 4 years at university 12,4
5 years and over at university 10,5
  • 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 18 338 17 836 16 675
People in work living in the area 17 095 16 450 15 532
Employment concentration indicator 107,3 108,4 107,4
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 55,7 55,1 52,8
  • 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.

EMP T6 - Employment by working status

EMP T6 - Employment by working status
2008 % 2013 % 2019 %
Altogether 18 338 100,0 17 836 100,0 16 675 100,0
Employee 15 684 85,5 14 962 83,9 14 112 84,6
 including women 8 877 48,4 8 541 47,9 8 290 49,7
 including part-time workers 2 807 15,3 2 493 14,0 2 239 13,4
Non-employee 2 654 14,5 2 874 16,1 2 563 15,4
 including women 856 4,7 1 004 5,6 935 5,6
 including part-time workers 364 2,0 378 2,1 355 2,1
  • 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 16 581 100,0
Farmer operators 232 1,4
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 1 263 7,6
Managers and higher intellectual professions 2 051 12,4
Middle-level occupations 4 450 26,8
Services employee 6 240 37,6
Blue-collar workers 2 346 14,1
  • 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 2,0 1,9 1,4
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 8,4 9,3 7,6
Managers and higher intellectual professions 11,6 13,1 12,4
Middle-level occupations 24,1 26,0 26,8
Services employee 38,2 34,8 37,6
Blue-collar workers 15,7 14,9 14,1
  • 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 18 278 100,0 17 766 100,0 16 581 100,0 55,4 87,3
Agriculture 660 3,6 648 3,6 454 2,7 28,6 57,9
Industry 920 5,0 868 4,9 821 5,0 32,8 82,7
Construction 1 070 5,9 1 078 6,1 759 4,6 7,8 62,1
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 5 452 29,8 5 326 30,0 4 638 28,0 50,1 79,4
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 10 175 55,7 9 846 55,4 9 908 59,8 64,6 94,7
  • 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 30,3 26,4
Industry 36,3 16,0
Construction 11,8 1,2
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 52,8 39,6
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 65,1 54,6
  • 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.