Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2019 Employment area 2020 of Le Sud-Caraibe (0206)

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 43 910 44 510 42 020
Labor force in % 68,0 70,3 70,8
 including people in work in % 52,6 53,7 56,6
 including unemployed workers in % 15,4 16,7 14,2
Economically inactive people in % 32,0 29,7 29,2
 including pupils, students or interns in % 12,5 9,9 10,2
 including retirees in % 6,6 6,6 5,2
 including other economically inactive people in % 12,9 13,2 13,8
  • 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 42 020 29 747 70,8 23 769 56,6
 15 to 24 years old 6 991 2 048 29,3 1 141 16,3
 25 to 54 years old 24 892 21 244 85,3 17 106 68,7
 55 to 64 years old 10 137 6 455 63,7 5 522 54,5
Male 19 471 13 503 69,3 10 965 56,3
 15 to 24 years old 3 652 1 101 30,1 603 16,5
 25 to 54 years old 11 117 9 368 84,3 7 738 69,6
 55 to 64 years old 4 701 3 035 64,6 2 623 55,8
Female 22 549 16 245 72,0 12 805 56,8
 15 to 24 years old 3 338 948 28,4 537 16,1
 25 to 54 years old 13 775 11 877 86,2 9 368 68,0
 55 to 64 years old 5 436 3 420 62,9 2 899 53,3
  • 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 56,6
Unemployed workers 14,2
Retirees 5,2
Pupils, students or interns 10,2
Other economically inactive people 13,8
  • 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 29 905 23 131 31 038 23 501 29 583 23 792
including
 Farmer operators 377 346 471 444 255 237
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 2 570 2 354 2 598 2 318 2 452 2 265
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 2 657 2 541 3 040 2 895 3 071 2 923
 Middle-level occupations 6 609 5 749 7 308 6 237 7 270 6 452
 Services employee 10 247 7 763 10 156 7 500 10 207 7 968
 Blue-collar workers 6 090 4 379 5 950 4 107 5 349 3 946
  • 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 6 773 7 412 5 978
Unemployment rate in % 22,7 23,7 20,1
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 48,6 54,7 44,3
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 21,6 22,3 19,5
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 9,8 13,7 14,4
  • 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 31,4
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 25,6
CAP, BEP or equivalent 23,6
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 21,5
2 years at university 13,6
3 to 4 years at university 10,7
5 years and over at university 7,5
  • 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 16 222 16 507 17 136
People in work living in the area 23 301 24 249 24 260
Employment concentration indicator 69,6 68,1 70,6
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 58,4 58,6 55,8
  • 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 16 222 100,0 16 507 100,0 17 136 100,0
Employee 13 004 80,2 12 919 78,3 13 639 79,6
 including women 6 770 41,7 7 155 43,3 7 665 44,7
 including part-time workers 2 473 15,2 2 516 15,2 2 524 14,7
Non-employee 3 218 19,8 3 589 21,7 3 497 20,4
 including women 1 031 6,4 1 264 7,7 1 290 7,5
 including part-time workers 308 1,9 413 2,5 467 2,7
  • 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 16 881 100,0
Farmer operators 254 1,5
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 1 984 11,8
Managers and higher intellectual professions 1 623 9,6
Middle-level occupations 4 070 24,1
Services employee 5 823 34,5
Blue-collar workers 3 126 18,5
  • 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 2,1 3,0 1,5
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 13,3 13,3 11,8
Managers and higher intellectual professions 7,4 9,1 9,6
Middle-level occupations 21,4 21,9 24,1
Services employee 32,9 33,2 34,5
Blue-collar workers 22,9 19,4 18,5
  • 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 16 580 100,0 16 403 100,0 16 881 100,0 53,0 82,9
Agriculture 610 3,7 710 4,3 498 2,9 27,7 52,8
Industry 1 498 9,0 1 273 7,8 1 388 8,2 33,3 78,6
Construction 1 868 11,3 1 568 9,6 1 387 8,2 10,8 71,2
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 7 192 43,4 7 234 44,1 7 048 41,8 51,6 79,4
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 5 413 32,6 5 618 34,3 6 560 38,9 69,5 92,2
  • 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 32,5 22,2
Industry 33,3 33,4
Construction 13,5 4,3
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 55,1 38,0
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 70,2 61,5
  • 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.