France ILO full-time-equivalent employment rate: men 15-24
France ILO full-time-equivalent employment rate: men 15-24 stood at 33.2% 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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| ILO full-time-equivalent employment rate - Men aged 15 to 24 years - SA data | 33.2 | 34.2 | 34 | 34.2 | 34.3 | 33.9 | 32.7 | 34.1 | 34.8 | 34 | |
| ILO employed persons (employment rate) - Women aged 25 to 49 years - SA data | 79.4 | 80.2 | 79.7 | 79.5 | 79.7 | 79.4 | 79.3 | 79.3 | 79 | 78.8 |
Understanding france ILO full-time-equivalent employment rate: men 15-24
Standardized labor input for young males aged fifteen to twenty-four is quantified here by weighting part-time jobs against standard full-time hours, producing an adjusted employment proportion for this specific cohort. The numerator converts hours worked by part-time young male employees into a fraction of a standard full-time schedule, adding them directly to full-time workers before dividing by the total youth male population. This approach removes the distortion where a surge in brief student jobs inflates headcounts without providing equivalent economic output.
Interpreting this series requires accounting for sharp seasonal swings driven by academic calendars, school holidays, and graduation periods that cause large shifts in youth working hours. Initial estimates carry higher statistical uncertainty and undergo revisions when survey collection is finalized. Analysts comparing this indicator with unadjusted headcounts will notice that full-time-equivalent measures typically register lower levels because reduced-hour student jobs are downscaled to reflect their fractional contribution to total labor volume.
Frequently asked questions
- How are part-time jobs treated in this full-time-equivalent calculation?
- Part-time hours are scaled down into fractions of a standard full-time workweek rather than being counted as whole jobs.
- Does this metric include young males outside the formal education system?
- It covers all young males in the specified age band, regardless of whether they are enrolled in school or working.
- Why use a full-time-equivalent rate instead of a standard head-count employment rate for youth?
- It adjusts for the high prevalence of short-hour student jobs, offering a truer picture of actual labor volume.