# France Employment rate, prime-age 25-54, % of population, SA

France Employment rate, prime-age 25-54, % of population, SA was 82.6% in Q2 2026, down 0.2 percentage points from Q1 2026 and down 0.6 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 80.0% (Q1 2017) to 83.2% (Q2 2025), averaging 81.8%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `FR.EMPRATE.Q.SA.AGE-PRIME`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: % of population
- Coverage: 2003-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (94 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/france/employment-rate-prime-age-25-54-pct-of-population-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 82.6% |
| Q1 2026 | 82.8% |
| Q4 2025 | 82.9% |
| Q3 2025 | 82.8% |
| Q2 2025 | 83.2% |
| Q1 2025 | 83.0% |
| Q4 2024 | 83.0% |
| Q3 2024 | 83.0% |
| Q2 2024 | 82.9% |
| Q1 2024 | 82.6% |
| Q4 2023 | 82.3% |
| Q3 2023 | 82.2% |
| Q2 2023 | 82.7% |
| Q1 2023 | 82.8% |
| Q4 2022 | 82.7% |
| Q3 2022 | 82.7% |
| Q2 2022 | 82.4% |
| Q1 2022 | 82.5% |
| Q4 2021 | 82.4% |
| Q3 2021 | 82.2% |
| Q2 2021 | 81.9% |
| Q1 2021 | 81.4% |
| Q4 2020 | 81.6% |
| Q3 2020 | 80.9% |

## API

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

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