# France Employment rate / employment-population ratio

France Employment rate / employment-population ratio was 69.1% in Q2 2026, down 0.1 percentage points from Q1 2026 and down 0.3 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 64.9% (Q2 2016) to 69.4% (Q2 2025), averaging 67.2%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `FR.EMPRATE.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: Percentage of total population
- Coverage: 2003-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (94 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/france/employment-rate-employment-population-ratio

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 69.1% |
| Q1 2026 | 69.2% |
| Q4 2025 | 69.2% |
| Q3 2025 | 69.2% |
| Q2 2025 | 69.4% |
| Q1 2025 | 69.2% |
| Q4 2024 | 68.8% |
| Q3 2024 | 69.0% |
| Q2 2024 | 68.8% |
| Q1 2024 | 68.6% |
| Q4 2023 | 68.5% |
| Q3 2023 | 68.3% |
| Q2 2023 | 68.5% |
| Q1 2023 | 68.5% |
| Q4 2022 | 68.4% |
| Q3 2022 | 68.3% |
| Q2 2022 | 68.0% |
| Q1 2022 | 67.8% |
| Q4 2021 | 67.8% |
| Q3 2021 | 67.5% |
| Q2 2021 | 67.0% |
| Q1 2021 | 66.6% |
| Q4 2020 | 66.4% |
| Q3 2020 | 65.8% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/FR.EMPRATE.Q.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/FR.EMPRATE.Q.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```