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Labor Force Participation Rate for France, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
55.35%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -0.5% since 1990
Labor participation for France was 55.35% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 56.31% in 2009. The lowest was 54.27% in 2020 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.01% per year.
France ranks 138 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 74%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so France sits below it. It peaked in 2009 and has fallen 2% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
55.35%
First (1990)
55.60%
Change
-0.5%
Highest
56.31%
in 2009
Lowest
54.27%
in 2020
Average
55.54%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.01%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 55.35% |
| 2024 | 55.66% |
| 2023 | 55.94% |
| 2022 | 55.84% |
| 2021 | 55.55% |
| 2020 | 54.27% |
| 2019 | 54.94% |
| 2018 | 55.3% |
| 2017 | 55.26% |
| 2016 | 55.4% |
| 2015 | 55.62% |
| 2014 | 55.76% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.