France ILO employment rate: women aged 15 to 24
France ILO employment rate: women aged 15 to 24 stood at 31.3% in Q2 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Unemployment and employment (labour force survey) table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q1 2003 to Q2 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Unemployment and employment (labour force survey) table
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | |
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| Employment rate | |||||||||||
| ILO employed persons (employment rate) - Women aged 15 to 24 years - SA data | 31.3 | 30.9 | 31 | 31.8 | 32.3 | 32.3 | 31.8 | 31.7 | 31.9 | 33.1 | |
| ILO active persons (activity rate) - Men aged 50 to 64 years - SA data | 75.5 | 75.6 | 75.3 | 75.6 | 75.3 | 75.1 | 75 | 74.5 | 74.1 | 73.4 |
Understanding france ILO employment rate: women aged 15 to 24
Assessing labor market integration for young female participants, this measure computes the proportion of the female population in the initial career-entry age band who hold gainful employment. This indicator isolates teenagers and young adults who are navigating the transition from secondary or tertiary education into the workforce, separating their specific employment outcomes from those of older, more established workers. The calculation captures young women engaged in any form of paid labor, including marginal, temporary, or part-time student jobs, while leaving out those who are unemployed or entirely outside the labor force due to full-time studies or caregiving responsibilities.
Reading this series necessitates close attention to educational term dates and graduation schedules, which introduce sharp seasonal volatility even after adjustment procedures. Analysts should prioritize quarter-on-quarter changes to monitor short-term shocks to youth hiring, while keeping in mind that survey estimates for smaller demographic slices carry wider confidence intervals and are prone to larger historical revisions. Comparing young female employment rates against prime-age indicators often reveals heightened sensitivity to broader economic downturns, as junior positions are frequently subject to first-in, last-out dynamics. Care must be taken not to confuse this metric with general youth inactivity rates, which also include students who are neither working nor seeking work.
Frequently asked questions
- Which age bracket forms the basis of this young female employment rate?
- The series focuses specifically on women aged fifteen to twenty-four years.
- How does student status affect this employment metric?
- Students who perform any paid work during the survey week are counted as employed, whereas students who do not work are excluded from the employed count.
- Why does this series experience higher volatility than older demographic measures?
- Youth employment is heavily tied to schooling schedules, graduation timelines, and entry-level hiring fluctuations that shift rapidly with economic cycles.