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Europe > France > Labor

FRENCH LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 1% [71st of 77]
Days off work 117 days [7th of 20]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 4 % Time series [53rd of 94]
force, total 27,098,340 Time series [20th of 184]
Hours worked 1,453 hours [8th of 9]
Labor force 27,910,000 Time series [18th of 132]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 4.1%, industry 24.4%, services 71.5%
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 24.4% Time series [5th of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 71.5% Time series [1st of 29]
Strikes 67 [10th of 27]
Trade union membership 9% [18th of 18]
Unemployment 9.3% [3rd of 18]
Unemployment gender ratio 140% [10th of 30]
Unemployment rate 7.9% Time series [30th of 107]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 9.9 % Time series [26th of 101]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required
5 weeks + 2 weeks of RTT (Reduction du Temps de Travail, in English : Reduction of Working Time) = 7 weeks. The most significant vacation time of any country in the world.
Work Time > More than 40 hours 21.4% [16th of 18]
Working time to buy a car 1,600 hours [4th of 16]
Working time to buy a television set 22 hours [9th of 15]
Youth unemployment 20.7% [7th of 30]

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SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; OECD; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; OECD; Figures are from the OECD. The figures are from EIRO for France, Ireland and Italy; OECD Historical Statistics; calculated on the basis of data on male and female unemployment rates from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook 2001. Paris; Wikipedia: Vacation ; ILO, Key Indicators; International Metalworkers' Federation, The Purchasing Power of Working Time 2002: An International Comparison of Average Net Hourly Earnings 2001 (International Metalworkers' Federation, Geneva, 2002);

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: France, French Republic, Republique Francaise

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