France
FR desk: France first; euro area, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom and United States alongside.
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As of 2025 | % of labour force ages 15–24
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 18.89% |
| 2024 | 18.60% |
| 2023 | 17.42% |
| 2022 | 17.86% |
| 2021 | 19.25% |
| 2020 | 20.40% |
| 2019 | 19.93% |
| 2018 | 20.95% |
| 2017 | 22.57% |
| 2016 | 24.94% |
| 2015 | 25.26% |
| 2014 | 24.83% |
| 2013 | 24.36% |
| 2012 | 24.95% |
| 2011 | 23.02% |
| 2010 | 23.59% |
| 2009 | 24.01% |
| 2008 | 19.21% |
| 2007 | 19.64% |
| 2006 | 22.45% |
| 2005 | 21.23% |
| 2004 | 19.67% |
| 2003 | 17.18% |
| 2002 | 18.85% |
Youth unemployment is the same ILO definition restricted to ages 15–24 (SL.UEM.1524.ZS). It is usually higher than the all-ages rate. Latest: 18.89% in 2025.
It is a rate among young people in the labour force, not a share of all young people. From 1991 to 2025 (35 years): mean 22.18%, median 21.40%; low 17.18% (2003), high 28.57% (1997).
Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).
This series is the unemployment rate restricted to people aged 15 to 24: those without work, available for and actively seeking it, as a share of the labour force in that age band. The source is World Bank Open Data indicator SL.UEM.1524.ZS, an ILO modelled estimate using the same unemployment definition as the all-ages series. It is a rate among young people in the labour force, not a share of all young people: a country with few teenagers looking for work can post a high youth rate while most of its young population is in education.
The chart plots annual observations for the economies you select; the range buttons shorten the period and the legend or table adds and removes lines. The ranked ledger lists each economy’s latest published year, and those years differ. Because the series is modelled from national surveys and censuses, values are revised when inputs change, so a rebuild can print a different past reading. Youth rates are usually higher than all-ages rates.
The France desk places France first and shows the euro area, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States alongside it, plus other euro-area members where the indicator covers them. It republishes the same World Bank ILO modelled estimates as the all-countries pages, filtered to this set, and does not recompute the values for the desk. Taiwan is shown only on the headline unemployment page, where the rate comes from the IMF World Economic Outlook because the World Bank does not publish one.
Use the Country selector to switch desks, the Chart and Table tabs for the same data in two forms, and the range buttons to shorten the period. The indicator code, source and licence are named on each page. The euro-area aggregate and the French national series are published separately, so they can differ even when both are shown.