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France’s unemployment rate edged down to 8.2% in the third quarter
France’s unemployment rate fell to 8.2% in the third quarter.
The figure was down 0.1 percentage point from the previous quarter, according to the national statistics office, Insee.
The rate measures people without work who are actively looking for a job.
The number of unemployed people fell by 47,000 to 2.6 million over the quarter.
Despite the quarterly decline, unemployment was 0.4 percentage point higher than a year earlier.
The result was below the 8.4% rate that analysts had expected.
The figures show a small improvement over the quarter, but unemployment remains higher than a year ago.
France’s unemployment rate was 8.2% in the third quarter of 2026, down 0.1 percentage point from the previous quarter.
The rate was 0.4 percentage point higher than in the third quarter of 2025.
The number of people without work who were actively seeking a job fell by 47,000 from the previous quarter to 2.6 million.
The figures were announced by France’s national statistics agency, Insee, on 10 November.
- Who
- France’s unemployed population, as measured by Insee.
- What
- The unemployment rate edged down to 8.2% in the third quarter of 2026.
- When
- The third quarter of 2026; Insee announced the figures on 10 November 2026.
- Where
- France.
- Why
- Not stated.
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- Unemployment rate
- 8.2% in the third quarter of 2026
- Quarterly change
- Down 0.1 percentage point
- Annual change
- Up 0.4 percentage point from the third quarter of 2025
- People unemployed
- 2.6 million
- Quarterly change in unemployed people
- Down 47,000
- Announced by
- Insee, 10 November 2026
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