Paris, 14 Feb. The unemployment rate in France fell by a tenth in the fourth quarter of 2022 and stood at 7.2% of the active population, its lowest level since the beginning of 2008, the National Institute of Statistics announced on Tuesday. (INSEE).
During the last three months of the year, the number of unemployed fell by 45,000 to 2,195,000, INSEE said in a press release.
The unemployment rate for this fourth quarter has fallen by three tenths compared to the same period in 2021 and by one point compared to what it was at the end of 2019, before the effects of the covid crisis hit. become noticeable.
During the last three months of the year, the fall in unemployment was particularly pronounced among young people aged 15 to 24 (one point at 16.9%), while it remained stable among 25-49 year olds (6.5%) and a slight drop among those aged 50 and over (one tenth to 5%).
INSEE noted that in the fourth quarter the number of people who, according to the criteria of the International Labor Organization (ILO), are not considered unemployed because they are not looking for work or are not available to occupy one, increased slightly but they want to work. Its number rose by 38,000 to 1.9 million. EFE
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