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NUTS 3 areas of France by unemployment rate

Pyrénées-Orientales had the highest unemployment rate of 96 areas in 2014, at 14.9%. Lozère had the lowest, at 6%. The median was 9.7%. Source: the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE, France).

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Highest14.9Pyrénées-Orientales
Lowest6Lozère
Median9.796 areas

Top 40 areas, 2014

Pyrénées-Orientales: 14.9 %Pyrénées-Orientales14.9Hérault: 14.2 %Hérault14.2Aude: 14.1 %Aude14.1Aisne: 13.9 %Aisne13.9Gard: 13.7 %Gard13.7Pas-de-Calais: 13.1 %Pas-de-Calais13.1Nord: 13 %Nord13Seine-Saint-Denis: 13 %Seine-Saint-Denis13Vaucluse: 12.7 %Vaucluse12.7Ardennes: 12.2 %Ardennes12.2Ariège: 12.1 %Ariège12.1Aube: 12.1 %Aube12.1Bouches-du-Rhône: 12 %Bouches-du-Rhône12Somme: 11.9 %Somme11.9Vosges: 11.7 %Vosges11.7Territoire de Belfort: 11.6 %Territoire de Belfort11.6Hautes-Pyrénées: 11.3 %Hautes-Pyrénées11.3Alpes-de-Haute-Provence: 11.2 %Alpes-de-Haute-Provence11.2Seine-Maritime: 11.2 %Seine-Maritime11.2Tarn-et-Garonne: 11.1 %Tarn-et-Garonne11.1Tarn: 11 %Tarn11Var: 10.9 %Var10.9Drôme: 10.8 %Drôme10.8Haute-Corse: 10.7 %Haute-Corse10.7Moselle: 10.7 %Moselle10.7Dordogne: 10.6 %Dordogne10.6Ardèche: 10.5 %Ardèche10.5Haute-Garonne: 10.5 %Haute-Garonne10.5Charente-Maritime: 10.4 %Charente-Maritime10.4Eure: 10.4 %Eure10.4Allier: 10.3 %Allier10.3Alpes-Maritimes: 10.3 %Alpes-Maritimes10.3Cher: 10.2 %Cher10.2Meuse: 10.2 %Meuse10.2Charente: 10.1 %Charente10.1Gironde: 10.1 %Gironde10.1Haute-Saône: 10.1 %Haute-Saône10.1Oise: 10.1 %Oise10.1Val-d’Oise: 10.1 %Val-d’Oise10.1Loire: 10 %Loire10Pyrénées-Orientales: 14.9 %Pyrénées-Orientales14.9Hérault: 14.2 %Hérault14.2Aude: 14.1 %Aude14.1Aisne: 13.9 %Aisne13.9Gard: 13.7 %Gard13.7Pas-de-Calais: 13.1 %Pas-de-Calais13.1Nord: 13 %Nord13Seine-Saint-Denis: 13 %Seine-Saint-Denis13Vaucluse: 12.7 %Vaucluse12.7Ardennes: 12.2 %Ardennes12.2Ariège: 12.1 %Ariège12.1Aube: 12.1 %Aube12.1Bouches-du-Rhône: 12 %Bouches-du-Rhône12Somme: 11.9 %Somme11.9Vosges: 11.7 %Vosges11.7Territoire de Belfort: 11.6 %Territoire de Belfort11.6Hautes-Pyrénées: 11.3 %Hautes-Pyrénées11.3Alpes-de-Haute-Provence: 11.2 %Alpes-de-Haute-Provence11.2Seine-Maritime: 11.2 %Seine-Maritime11.2Tarn-et-Garonne: 11.1 %Tarn-et-Garonne11.1Tarn: 11 %Tarn11Var: 10.9 %Var10.9Drôme: 10.8 %Drôme10.8Haute-Corse: 10.7 %Haute-Corse10.7Moselle: 10.7 %Moselle10.7Dordogne: 10.6 %Dordogne10.6Ardèche: 10.5 %Ardèche10.5Haute-Garonne: 10.5 %Haute-Garonne10.5Charente-Maritime: 10.4 %Charente-Maritime10.4Eure: 10.4 %Eure10.4Allier: 10.3 %Allier10.3Alpes-Maritimes: 10.3 %Alpes-Maritimes10.3Cher: 10.2 %Cher10.2Meuse: 10.2 %Meuse10.2Charente: 10.1 %Charente10.1Gironde: 10.1 %Gironde10.1Haute-Saône: 10.1 %Haute-Saône10.1Oise: 10.1 %Oise10.1Val-d’Oise: 10.1 %Val-d’Oise10.1Loire: 10 %Loire10
%. Source: INSEE, INSEE, BDM dataflow TCRED-TRAVAIL-EMPLOI-TCHOMA-SA: localised unemployment rate, annual average, all ages, both sexes, by département. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankAreas2014 (%)Change on 2013
1Pyrénées-Orientales14.9+0.3 pts
2Hérault14.2-0.1 pts
3Aude14.1+0.2 pts
4Aisne13.9-0.3 pts
5Gard13.7+0.2 pts
6Pas-de-Calais13.1-0.4 pts
7Nord13-0.3 pts
7Seine-Saint-Denis13+0.2 pts
9Vaucluse12.7+0.1 pts
10Ardennes12.2-0.3 pts
11Ariège12.1-0.2 pts
11Aube12.1+0.3 pts
13Bouches-du-Rhône12-0.2 pts
14Somme11.9-0.3 pts
15Vosges11.70 pts
16Territoire de Belfort11.60 pts
17Hautes-Pyrénées11.30 pts
18Alpes-de-Haute-Provence11.2+0.1 pts
18Seine-Maritime11.2-0.2 pts
20Tarn-et-Garonne11.10 pts
21Tarn110 pts
22Var10.9+0.1 pts
23Drôme10.80 pts
24Haute-Corse10.7+0.5 pts
24Moselle10.7-0.1 pts
26Dordogne10.60 pts
27Ardèche10.5-0.1 pts
27Haute-Garonne10.5+0.2 pts
29Charente-Maritime10.40 pts
29Eure10.4-0.2 pts
31Allier10.3+0.1 pts
31Alpes-Maritimes10.3+0.3 pts
33Cher10.2-0.1 pts
33Meuse10.2-0.3 pts
35Charente10.1-0.2 pts
35Gironde10.1+0.1 pts
35Haute-Saône10.10 pts
35Oise10.1-0.2 pts
35Val-d’Oise10.1+0.1 pts
40Loire10-0.1 pts
40Loiret10+0.2 pts
40Lot-et-Garonne100 pts
40Marne10-0.1 pts
40Meurthe-et-Moselle10-0.1 pts
45Haut-Rhin9.8-0.1 pts
45Sarthe9.80 pts
47Calvados9.7-0.1 pts
47Haute-Marne9.7-0.1 pts
47Yonne9.7-0.3 pts
50Eure-et-Loir9.60 pts
50Haute-Vienne9.6-0.1 pts
50Nièvre9.6-0.3 pts
53Indre9.5+0.1 pts
54Corse-du-Sud9.4+0.2 pts
54Creuse9.4-0.4 pts
54Doubs9.4-0.1 pts
54Landes9.40 pts
58Maine-et-Loire9.3+0.1 pts
58Morbihan9.3+0.1 pts
58Orne9.30 pts
61Hautes-Alpes9.20 pts
61Lot9.2-0.3 pts
61Rhône9.2-0.1 pts
64Finistère9.10 pts
64Indre-et-Loire9.1+0.1 pts
64Saône-et-Loire9.1-0.2 pts
67Côtes-d’Armor9+0.1 pts
67Loir-et-Cher9-0.1 pts
69Val-de-Marne8.9+0.2 pts
70Bas-Rhin8.80 pts
71Loire-Atlantique8.7+0.2 pts
71Puy-de-Dôme8.70 pts
73Côte-d’Or8.6-0.1 pts
73Pyrénées-Atlantiques8.6+0.1 pts
75Haute-Loire8.4-0.1 pts
75Vendée8.4+0.1 pts
75Vienne8.40 pts
78Isère8.30 pts
78Manche8.3-0.1 pts
78Paris8.30 pts
81Ille-et-Vilaine8.1-0.1 pts
81Savoie8.1+0.2 pts
83Corrèze8-0.1 pts
83Gers80 pts
83Seine-et-Marne80 pts
86Hauts-de-Seine7.8+0.1 pts
87Deux-Sèvres7.70 pts
88Jura7.60 pts
89Essonne7.5+0.1 pts
89Haute-Savoie7.50 pts
91Yvelines7.4+0.2 pts
92Aveyron7.3-0.2 pts
93Ain7.1-0.1 pts
94Mayenne6.8-0.1 pts
95Cantal6.5-0.3 pts
96Lozère6-0.1 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work.

More on how it is measured
  • Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over.
  • EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74.
  • United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states, counties and cities.
  • United Kingdom regions: Labour Force Survey, aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted.
  • Canada: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the country and the provinces.
  • Australia: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the nation and the six states; the ABS publishes no seasonally adjusted series for the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory.
  • New Zealand: Household Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted for the country and not seasonally adjusted for regional council areas.
  • Norway: Statistics Norway Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted monthly figures.
  • Sweden: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted and smoothed (the series Statistics Sweden gives in its monthly release), national.
  • Switzerland: Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS), ILO definition, permanent resident population aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted quarterly averages, national.
  • For other countries, the source may be OECD survey-based rates, annual survey-based rates compiled by the ILO in ILOSTAT, or annual ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank.
  • ILO modelled estimates cover ages 15 and over.
  • The World series uses those ILO modelled estimates.

Survey-based for national and Eurostat series. Available for Spain, regions, provinces, EU countries, US states, US counties, US cities (those of 25,000 or more and smaller New England cities), United Kingdom regions, Canadian provinces, Australia and its six states, New Zealand with 10 of its regions, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland (national), not Spanish municipalities. For Spanish municipalities use registered_unemployment_rate.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Source : Insee. INSEE, BDM dataflow TCRED-TRAVAIL-EMPLOI-TCHOMA-SA: localised unemployment rate, annual average, all ages, both sexes, by département. https://bdm.insee.fr/series/sdmx/data/TCRED-TRAVAIL-EMPLOI-TCHOMA-SA/A.TAUX_CHOMAGE_LOCALISE_MOYENNE_ANNUELLE.TAUX..0.00-.POURCENT.BRUT?startPeriod=1982. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). No changes made to source values.

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Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE, France). (2026). INSEE, BDM dataflow TCRED-TRAVAIL-EMPLOI-TCHOMA-SA: localised unemployment rate, annual average, all ages, both sexes, by département (NUTS 3 areas of France by unemployment rate, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bdm.insee.fr/series/sdmx/data/TCRED-TRAVAIL-EMPLOI-TCHOMA-SA/A.TAUX_CHOMAGE_LOCALISE_MOYENNE_ANNUELLE.TAUX..0.00-.POURCENT.BRUT?startPeriod=1982

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INSEE, BDM dataflow TCRED-TRAVAIL-EMPLOI-TCHOMA-SA: localised unemployment rate, annual average, all ages, both sexes, by département, NUTS 3 areas of France by unemployment rate, 2014. Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE, France), 3 June 2026, https://bdm.insee.fr/series/sdmx/data/TCRED-TRAVAIL-EMPLOI-TCHOMA-SA/A.TAUX_CHOMAGE_LOCALISE_MOYENNE_ANNUELLE.TAUX..0.00-.POURCENT.BRUT?startPeriod=1982. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/france-provinces?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE, France). 2026. INSEE, BDM dataflow TCRED-TRAVAIL-EMPLOI-TCHOMA-SA: localised unemployment rate, annual average, all ages, both sexes, by département. NUTS 3 areas of France by unemployment rate, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bdm.insee.fr/series/sdmx/data/TCRED-TRAVAIL-EMPLOI-TCHOMA-SA/A.TAUX_CHOMAGE_LOCALISE_MOYENNE_ANNUELLE.TAUX..0.00-.POURCENT.BRUT?startPeriod=1982. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/france-provinces?period=2014.

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Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE, France) (2026) INSEE, BDM dataflow TCRED-TRAVAIL-EMPLOI-TCHOMA-SA: localised unemployment rate, annual average, all ages, both sexes, by département, NUTS 3 areas of France by unemployment rate, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bdm.insee.fr/series/sdmx/data/TCRED-TRAVAIL-EMPLOI-TCHOMA-SA/A.TAUX_CHOMAGE_LOCALISE_MOYENNE_ANNUELLE.TAUX..0.00-.POURCENT.BRUT?startPeriod=1982, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/france-provinces?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE, France)}},
  title = {{INSEE, BDM dataflow TCRED-TRAVAIL-EMPLOI-TCHOMA-SA: localised unemployment rate, annual average, all ages, both sexes, by département: NUTS 3 areas of France by unemployment rate, 2014}},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/france-provinces?period=2014. Publisher attribution: Source : Insee. INSEE, BDM dataflow TCRED-TRAVAIL-EMPLOI-TCHOMA-SA: localised unemployment rate, annual average, all ages, both sexes, by département. https://bdm.insee.fr/series/sdmx/data/TCRED-TRAVAIL-EMPLOI-TCHOMA-SA/A.TAUX\_CHOMAGE\_LOCALISE\_MOYENNE\_ANNUELLE.TAUX..0.00-.POURCENT.BRUT?startPeriod=1982. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). No changes made to source values.},
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Which area has the highest unemployment rate?

Pyrénées-Orientales, with 14.9% in 2014, according to the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE, France).

Which area has the lowest unemployment rate?

Lozère, with 6% in 2014.

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