Labor force, employment and unemployment within the sense of the census in 2020 Department of La Réunion (974)

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 541 184 557 539 563 715
Labor force in % 65,9 69,7 69,0
 including people in work in % 43,8 44,8 47,2
 including unemployed workers in % 22,1 25,0 21,8
Economically inactive people in % 34,1 30,3 31,0
 including pupils, students or interns in % 12,2 11,4 11,1
 including retirees in % 5,0 4,3 3,7
 including other economically inactive people in % 16,8 14,5 16,2
  • 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 563 715 388 912 69,0 266 014 47,2
 15 to 24 years old 117 782 45 823 38,9 23 238 19,7
 25 to 54 years old 339 505 284 830 83,9 199 927 58,9
 55 to 64 years old 106 429 58 259 54,7 42 849 40,3
Male 268 640 195 912 72,9 138 349 51,5
 15 to 24 years old 59 261 24 746 41,8 12 848 21,7
 25 to 54 years old 158 193 140 305 88,7 102 340 64,7
 55 to 64 years old 51 186 30 861 60,3 23 161 45,2
Female 295 075 193 000 65,4 127 665 43,3
 15 to 24 years old 58 520 21 078 36,0 10 390 17,8
 25 to 54 years old 181 311 144 524 79,7 97 587 53,8
 55 to 64 years old 55 243 27 397 49,6 19 688 35,6
  • 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 47,2
Unemployed workers 21,8
Retirees 3,7
Pupils, students or interns 11,1
Other economically inactive people 16,2
  • 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 356 938 237 317 388 962 249 452 389 043 266 091
including
 Farmer operators 6 215 5 920 5 993 5 662 5 635 5 310
 Handicrafters, traders and business leaders 19 837 17 820 22 098 18 868 22 249 19 466
 Managers and higher intellectual professions 25 433 24 448 29 795 28 227 32 873 31 189
 Middle-level occupations 64 033 54 286 74 715 61 658 82 794 69 793
 Services employee 122 582 82 678 130 351 85 620 132 114 90 442
 Blue-collar workers 89 257 52 166 91 975 49 417 86 197 49 890
  • 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 119 716 139 259 122 898
Unemployment rate in % 33,6 35,8 31,6
Unemployment of the 15-24 aged 56,2 58,2 49,3
Unemployment of the 25-54 aged 30,6 33,3 29,8
Unemployment of the 55-64 aged 19,1 25,7 26,5
  • 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 48,3
BEPC brevet des collèges or DNB 40,8
CAP, BEP or equivalent 37,1
Baccalauréat, brevet professionnel or equivalent 29,8
2 years at university 16,6
3 to 4 years at university 11,2
5 years and over at university 8,7
  • 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 238 622 251 828 270 140
People in work living in the area 238 757 252 135 270 582
Employment concentration indicator 99,9 99,9 99,8
Activity rate of 15 years old and over in % 58,9 61,1 58,7
  • 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, 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 238 622 100,0 251 828 100,0 270 140 100,0
Employee 204 540 85,7 213 228 84,7 228 875 84,7
 including women 96 296 40,4 104 501 41,5 114 705 42,5
 including part-time workers 38 956 16,3 44 543 17,7 45 558 16,9
Non-employee 34 083 14,3 38 600 15,3 41 265 15,3
 including women 10 042 4,2 12 527 5,0 14 548 5,4
 including part-time workers 3 893 1,6 5 441 2,2 6 063 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 270 216 100,0
Farmer operators 5 579 2,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 20 480 7,6
Managers and higher intellectual professions 32 119 11,9
Middle-level occupations 70 183 26,0
Services employee 91 529 33,9
Blue-collar workers 50 326 18,6
  • 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 2,5 2,3 2,1
Handicrafters, traders, business leaders 7,7 7,8 7,6
Managers and higher intellectual professions 10,3 11,4 11,9
Middle-level occupations 22,8 24,6 26,0
Services employee 34,7 34,2 33,9
Blue-collar workers 21,9 19,7 18,6
  • 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 238 898 100,0 251 721 100,0 270 216 100,0 47,9 86,3
Agriculture 8 611 3,6 8 420 3,3 8 234 3,0 21,6 37,3
Industry 16 655 7,0 16 836 6,7 18 613 6,9 27,3 87,6
Construction 20 180 8,4 17 065 6,8 17 736 6,6 9,8 75,6
Wholesale and retail trade/transports/accommodations and food service activities 92 386 38,7 98 201 39,0 105 544 39,1 44,1 83,7
Public administration/education/healthcare/social work 101 066 42,3 111 200 44,2 120 089 44,4 61,8 93,3
  • 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 18,9 23,2
Industry 27,9 23,4
Construction 10,8 6,9
Wholesale and retail trade, transports, accommodations and food service activities 46,1 34,0
Public administration, education, healthcare, social work 62,4 52,8
  • 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.