France vs Germany: Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , France's Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) was 59.55, compared to Germany's 66.05. That makes France's value 9.8% lower than Germany's.
France
Rank #162 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 59.55
- Year-over-year
- -0.6%
- 10-year change
- -1.9%
- Peak
- 62.14 (2006)
- Trough
- 58.88 (2020)
Germany
Rank #126 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 66.05
- Year-over-year
- -0.6%
- 10-year change
- -0.3%
- Peak
- 67.12 (2019)
- Trough
- 65.98 (2021)
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.TLF.CACT.MA.ZS), CC BY 4.0.