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France vs United Kingdom: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , France's Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) was 7.54, compared to United Kingdom's 4.75. That makes France's value 58.9% higher than United Kingdom's.

France

Rank #53 of 182 globally

France trend
Latest (2025)
7.54
Year-over-year
+1.9%
10-year change
-27.2%
Peak
10.35 (2015)
Trough
7.30 (2022)

United Kingdom

Rank #103 of 182 globally

United Kingdom trend
Latest (2025)
4.75
Year-over-year
+8.8%
10-year change
-14.5%
Peak
8.28 (2012)
Trough
3.66 (2019)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS), CC BY 4.0.