Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2020 Functional area 2020 of Basse-Terre (9A2)

Detailed figures

Paru le :27/06/2023

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

EMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status
2009 2014 2020
Altogether 34 585 33 145 30 089
Labor force in % 68,8 68,9 69,9
 including people in work in % 48,9 48,1 49,2
 including unemployed workers in % 19,9 20,8 20,6
Economically inactive people in % 31,2 31,1 30,1
 including pupils, students or interns in % 12,2 12,0 11,7
 including retirees in % 6,7 6,1 4,3
 including other economically inactive people in % 12,4 13,0 14,1
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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 30 089 21 020 69,9 14 810 49,2
 15 to 24 years old 5 691 1 781 31,3 778 13,7
 25 to 54 years old 16 513 14 073 85,2 9 894 59,9
 55 to 64 years old 7 885 5 166 65,5 4 138 52,5
Male 13 583 9 307 68,5 6 658 49,0
 15 to 24 years old 2 851 912 32,0 396 13,9
 25 to 54 years old 7 124 6 008 84,3 4 393 61,7
 55 to 64 years old 3 608 2 386 66,1 1 869 51,8
Female 16 506 11 714 71,0 8 152 49,4
 15 to 24 years old 2 840 869 30,6 382 13,4
 25 to 54 years old 9 389 8 064 85,9 5 501 58,6
 55 to 64 years old 4 277 2 780 65,0 2 269 53,1
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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 49,2
Unemployed workers 20,6
Retirees 4,3
Pupils, students or interns 11,7
Other economically inactive people 14,1
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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

  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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

EMP T3 - Labor force aged 15 to 64 by socioprofessional classification
2009 including people in work 2014 including people in work 2020 including people in work
Altogether 23 717 16 867 22 959 16 156 20 912 14 747
including
 Farmer operators 341 321 380 324 259 197
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 1 546 1 366 1 703 1 462 1 269 1 092
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 2 024 1 972 1 875 1 822 1 669 1 584
 Middle-level occupations 4 804 4 156 4 977 4 281 5 028 4 327
 Services employee 8 698 6 315 8 126 5 852 7 431 5 298
 Blue-collar workers 4 268 2 737 3 991 2 416 3 603 2 250
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional operations, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population

EMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population
2009 2014 2020
Number of unemployed workers 6 879 6 894 6 210
Unemployment rate in % 28,9 30,2 29,5
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 58,3 59,9 56,3
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 28,3 30,7 29,7
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 12,9 16,1 19,9
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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 48,6
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 31,1
CAP, BEP or equivalent 33,7
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 30,0
2 years at university 20,6
3 to 4 years at university 13,3
5 years and over at university 9,8
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

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

  • Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T5 - Employment and activity

EMP T5 - Employment and activity
2009 2014 2020
Number of jobs in the area 18 353 17 777 16 524
People in work living in the area 17 134 16 345 15 392
Employment concentration indicator 107,1 108,8 107,4
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 55,8 54,7 52,0
  • 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, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main holdings, place of residence and place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T6 - Employment by working status

EMP T6 - Employment by working status
2009 % 2014 % 2020 %
Altogether 18 353 100,0 17 777 100,0 16 524 100,0
Employee 15 641 85,2 14 893 83,8 13 963 84,5
 including women 8 764 47,8 8 598 48,4 8 230 49,8
 including part-time workers 2 788 15,2 2 411 13,6 2 197 13,3
Non-employee 2 713 14,8 2 884 16,2 2 561 15,5
 including women 887 4,8 1 024 5,8 946 5,7
 including part-time workers 354 1,9 385 2,2 365 2,2
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main workplaces, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2020

EMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2020
Number %
Altogether 16 386 100,0
Farmer operators 249 1,5
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 1 279 7,8
Managers and higher intellectual professions 1 982 12,1
Middle-level occupations 4 622 28,2
Services employee 5 861 35,8
Blue-collar workers 2 393 14,6
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity
2009 2014 2020
Farmer operators 1,8 2,1 1,5
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 8,1 9,1 7,8
Managers and higher intellectual professions 12,2 12,6 12,1
Middle-level occupations 24,9 25,9 28,2
Services employee 37,2 36,1 35,8
Blue-collar workers 15,9 14,2 14,6
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors

EMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors
2009 2014 2020
Number % Number % Number % including women in % including employees %
Altogether 18 227 100,0 17 806 100,0 16 386 100,0 55,7 86,4
Agriculture 645 3,5 670 3,8 455 2,8 22,5 54,2
Industry 882 4,8 869 4,9 780 4,8 33,9 81,5
Construction 1 074 5,9 1 049 5,9 749 4,6 7,2 57,4
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 5 414 29,7 5 200 29,2 4 565 27,9 49,4 78,5
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 10 213 56,0 10 019 56,3 9 836 60,0 65,5 94,1
  • Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2020

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2020
Employees Non-employees
Agriculture 22,1 22,9
Industry 37,3 19,1
Construction 12,3 0,3
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 52,0 39,8
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 66,1 56,1
  • Source: Insee, RP2020 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2023.

EMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2020

  • Source: Insee, RP2020 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2023.