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France vs United States: 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 States's 4.20. That makes France's value 79.7% higher than United States'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 States

Rank #113 of 182 globally

United States trend
Latest (2025)
4.20
Year-over-year
+4.4%
10-year change
-20.5%
Peak
9.63 (2010)
Trough
3.64 (2023)

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