Employment — national citizens

In 2025, France's employment increased by 1.4% compared to 2024, reaching 26,613k.

France accounts for 14.7% of the EU-27 total of 181,552k.

France ranks 2nd out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 7.1% (from 24,858k in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.