Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2020 Functional area 2020 of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (9C2)
tableauEMP T1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status
2009 | 2014 | 2020 | |
---|---|---|---|
Altogether | 21 050 | 24 088 | 27 191 |
Labor force in % | 55,2 | 57,7 | 62,7 |
including people in work in % | 28,7 | 28,8 | 33,8 |
including unemployed workers in % | 26,4 | 28,8 | 28,9 |
Economically inactive people in % | 44,8 | 42,3 | 37,3 |
including pupils, students or interns in % | 16,1 | 16,2 | 16,0 |
including retirees in % | 1,0 | 1,0 | 0,7 |
including other economically inactive people in % | 27,7 | 25,1 | 20,7 |
- Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2023.
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 | 27 191 | 17 049 | 62,7 | 9 195 | 33,8 |
15 to 24 years old | 9 042 | 3 519 | 38,9 | 1 154 | 12,8 |
25 to 54 years old | 15 777 | 12 271 | 77,8 | 7 148 | 45,3 |
55 to 64 years old | 2 372 | 1 259 | 53,1 | 892 | 37,6 |
Male | 12 693 | 8 540 | 67,3 | 5 370 | 42,3 |
15 to 24 years old | 4 392 | 1 811 | 41,2 | 656 | 14,9 |
25 to 54 years old | 7 124 | 6 003 | 84,3 | 4 185 | 58,8 |
55 to 64 years old | 1 177 | 725 | 61,6 | 528 | 44,8 |
Female | 14 498 | 8 509 | 58,7 | 3 825 | 26,4 |
15 to 24 years old | 4 650 | 1 708 | 36,7 | 498 | 10,7 |
25 to 54 years old | 8 653 | 6 267 | 72,4 | 2 963 | 34,2 |
55 to 64 years old | 1 194 | 534 | 44,7 | 364 | 30,5 |
- Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.
tableauEMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019
Population (%) | |
---|---|
People in work | 33,8 |
Unemployed workers | 28,9 |
Retirees | 0,7 |
Pupils, students or interns | 16,0 |
Other economically inactive people | 20,7 |
- Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.
graphiqueEMP G1 - Population aged 15 to 64 by economic activity status in 2019

- Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.
tableauEMP 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 | 11 629 | 6 047 | 13 910 | 6 966 | 17 047 | 9 188 |
including | ||||||
Farmer operators | 112 | 58 | 208 | 92 | 129 | 99 |
Handicrafters, traders and business leaders | 1 110 | 866 | 1 246 | 965 | 517 | 418 |
Managers and higher intellectual professions | 590 | 578 | 861 | 823 | 1 075 | 1 037 |
Middle-level occupations | 1 534 | 1 438 | 2 054 | 1 856 | 2 409 | 2 215 |
Services employee | 2 618 | 1 931 | 3 208 | 2 109 | 3 648 | 2 674 |
Blue-collar workers | 1 842 | 1 177 | 1 970 | 1 120 | 3 652 | 2 746 |
- Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional operations, geography as of 01/01/2023.
tableauEMP T4 - Unemployment of the 15-64 aged population
2009 | 2014 | 2020 | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of unemployed workers | 5 566 | 6 948 | 7 855 |
Unemployment rate in % | 47,9 | 50,0 | 46,1 |
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged | 64,0 | 69,5 | 67,2 |
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged | 45,0 | 46,0 | 41,7 |
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged | 31,0 | 31,8 | 29,2 |
- Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main operations, geography as of 01/01/2023.
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 % | |
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No diploma or primary education certificate | 60,2 |
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB | 75,5 |
CAP, BEP or equivalent | 54,0 |
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent | 33,9 |
2 years at university | 13,1 |
3 to 4 years at university | 6,3 |
5 years and over at university | 7,2 |
- Source: Insee, RP2020 main operation, geography as of 01/01/2023.
graphiqueEMP 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.
tableauEMP T5 - Employment and activity
2009 | 2014 | 2020 | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of jobs in the area | 6 278 | 7 234 | 9 600 |
People in work living in the area | 6 100 | 7 008 | 9 299 |
Employment concentration indicator | 102,9 | 103,2 | 103,2 |
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % | 53,6 | 55,8 | 60,1 |
- 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.
tableauEMP T6 - Employment by working status
2009 | % | 2014 | % | 2020 | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Altogether | 6 278 | 100,0 | 7 234 | 100,0 | 9 600 | 100,0 |
Employee | 5 145 | 82,0 | 5 890 | 81,4 | 7 301 | 76,1 |
including women | 2 221 | 35,4 | 2 788 | 38,5 | 3 539 | 36,9 |
including part-time workers | 745 | 11,9 | 1 097 | 15,2 | 1 265 | 13,2 |
Non-employee | 1 133 | 18,0 | 1 344 | 18,6 | 2 299 | 23,9 |
including women | 312 | 5,0 | 419 | 5,8 | 427 | 4,5 |
including part-time workers | 86 | 1,4 | 181 | 2,5 | 725 | 7,5 |
- Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, main workplaces, geography as of 01/01/2023.
tableauEMP T7 - Employment by socioprofessional activity in 2020
Number | % | |
---|---|---|
Altogether | 9 624 | 100,0 |
Farmer operators | 114 | 1,2 |
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders | 451 | 4,7 |
Managers and higher intellectual professions | 1 085 | 11,3 |
Middle-level occupations | 2 404 | 25,0 |
Services employee | 2 736 | 28,4 |
Blue-collar workers | 2 834 | 29,5 |
- Source: Insee, RP2020 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2023.
tableauEMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity
2009 | 2014 | 2020 | |
---|---|---|---|
Farmer operators | 1,2 | 1,6 | 1,2 |
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders | 14,1 | 13,8 | 4,7 |
Managers and higher intellectual professions | 9,9 | 11,8 | 11,3 |
Middle-level occupations | 24,4 | 27,0 | 25,0 |
Services employee | 30,8 | 29,5 | 28,4 |
Blue-collar workers | 19,6 | 16,3 | 29,5 |
- Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.
graphiqueEMP G3 - Employment by socioprofessional activity

- Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.
tableauEMP T8 - Employment by economic sectors
2009 | 2014 | 2020 | ||||||
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | including women in % | including employees % | |
Altogether | 6 308 | 100,0 | 7 299 | 100,0 | 9 624 | 100,0 | 41,0 | 93,1 |
Agriculture | 124 | 2,0 | 154 | 2,1 | 118 | 1,2 | 36,5 | 22,4 |
Industry | 677 | 10,7 | 687 | 9,4 | 271 | 2,8 | 19,9 | 88,1 |
Construction | 477 | 7,6 | 457 | 6,3 | 539 | 5,6 | 12,2 | 87,0 |
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities | 1 453 | 23,0 | 1 643 | 22,5 | 3 354 | 34,9 | 25,1 | 90,2 |
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work | 3 577 | 56,7 | 4 357 | 59,7 | 5 342 | 55,5 | 55,0 | 97,3 |
- Sources: Insee, RP2009, RP2014 and RP2020, additional work place of work, geography as of 01/01/2023.
tableauEMP G4 - Feminisation rate of employment by status and economic sectors in 2020
Employees | Non-employees | |
---|---|---|
Agriculture | 13,2 | 43,2 |
Industry | 17,0 | 41,3 |
Construction | 12,8 | 8,5 |
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities | 24,5 | 30,2 |
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work | 55,8 | 24,7 |
- Source: Insee, RP2020 additional operation at the workplace, geography as of 01/01/2023.
graphiqueEMP 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.
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