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NUTS 3 areas of France by unemployment rate

Pyrénées-Orientales had the highest unemployment rate of 96 areas in 2021, at 12.2%. Cantal had the lowest, at 4.3%. The median was 7.3%. Source: the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE, France).

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Highest12.2Pyrénées-Orientales
Lowest4.3Cantal
Median7.396 areas

Top 40 areas, 2021

Pyrénées-Orientales: 12.2 %Pyrénées-Orientales12.2Aisne: 11 %Aisne11Seine-Saint-Denis: 10.9 %Seine-Saint-Denis10.9Hérault: 10.8 %Hérault10.8Aude: 10.7 %Aude10.7Gard: 10.5 %Gard10.5Vaucluse: 10.1 %Vaucluse10.1Aube: 10 %Aube10Nord: 9.8 %Nord9.8Ariège: 9.7 %Ariège9.7Ardennes: 9.5 %Ardennes9.5Bouches-du-Rhône: 9.2 %Bouches-du-Rhône9.2Somme: 9.1 %Somme9.1Tarn-et-Garonne: 9.1 %Tarn-et-Garonne9.1Pas-de-Calais: 8.9 %Pas-de-Calais8.9Territoire de Belfort: 8.9 %Territoire de Belfort8.9Alpes-de-Haute-Provence: 8.8 %Alpes-de-Haute-Provence8.8Hautes-Pyrénées: 8.7 %Hautes-Pyrénées8.7Val-d’Oise: 8.7 %Val-d’Oise8.7Ardèche: 8.6 %Ardèche8.6Seine-Maritime: 8.6 %Seine-Maritime8.6Alpes-Maritimes: 8.5 %Alpes-Maritimes8.5Drôme: 8.5 %Drôme8.5Allier: 8.1 %Allier8.1Haute-Garonne: 8.1 %Haute-Garonne8.1Var: 8.1 %Var8.1Tarn: 8 %Tarn8Vosges: 8 %Vosges8Hautes-Alpes: 7.9 %Hautes-Alpes7.9Lot-et-Garonne: 7.9 %Lot-et-Garonne7.9Cher: 7.8 %Cher7.8Haut-Rhin: 7.8 %Haut-Rhin7.8Lot: 7.8 %Lot7.8Moselle: 7.8 %Moselle7.8Oise: 7.8 %Oise7.8Charente-Maritime: 7.7 %Charente-Maritime7.7Eure: 7.7 %Eure7.7Sarthe: 7.7 %Sarthe7.7Val-de-Marne: 7.7 %Val-de-Marne7.7Dordogne: 7.6 %Dordogne7.6Pyrénées-Orientales: 12.2 %Pyrénées-Orientales12.2Aisne: 11 %Aisne11Seine-Saint-Denis: 10.9 %Seine-Saint-Denis10.9Hérault: 10.8 %Hérault10.8Aude: 10.7 %Aude10.7Gard: 10.5 %Gard10.5Vaucluse: 10.1 %Vaucluse10.1Aube: 10 %Aube10Nord: 9.8 %Nord9.8Ariège: 9.7 %Ariège9.7Ardennes: 9.5 %Ardennes9.5Bouches-du-Rhône: 9.2 %Bouches-du-Rhône9.2Somme: 9.1 %Somme9.1Tarn-et-Garonne: 9.1 %Tarn-et-Garonne9.1Pas-de-Calais: 8.9 %Pas-de-Calais8.9Territoire de Belfort: 8.9 %Territoire de Belfort8.9Alpes-de-Haute-Provence: 8.8 %Alpes-de-Haute-Provence8.8Hautes-Pyrénées: 8.7 %Hautes-Pyrénées8.7Val-d’Oise: 8.7 %Val-d’Oise8.7Ardèche: 8.6 %Ardèche8.6Seine-Maritime: 8.6 %Seine-Maritime8.6Alpes-Maritimes: 8.5 %Alpes-Maritimes8.5Drôme: 8.5 %Drôme8.5Allier: 8.1 %Allier8.1Haute-Garonne: 8.1 %Haute-Garonne8.1Var: 8.1 %Var8.1Tarn: 8 %Tarn8Vosges: 8 %Vosges8Hautes-Alpes: 7.9 %Hautes-Alpes7.9Lot-et-Garonne: 7.9 %Lot-et-Garonne7.9Cher: 7.8 %Cher7.8Haut-Rhin: 7.8 %Haut-Rhin7.8Lot: 7.8 %Lot7.8Moselle: 7.8 %Moselle7.8Oise: 7.8 %Oise7.8Charente-Maritime: 7.7 %Charente-Maritime7.7Eure: 7.7 %Eure7.7Sarthe: 7.7 %Sarthe7.7Val-de-Marne: 7.7 %Val-de-Marne7.7Dordogne: 7.6 %Dordogne7.6
%. 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

RankAreas2021 (%)Change on 2020
1Pyrénées-Orientales12.2-0.4 pts
2Aisne110 pts
3Seine-Saint-Denis10.9+0.3 pts
4Hérault10.8-0.3 pts
5Aude10.70 pts
6Gard10.5-0.2 pts
7Vaucluse10.1-0.2 pts
8Aube10+0.1 pts
9Nord9.8-0.2 pts
10Ariège9.7-0.1 pts
11Ardennes9.5-0.1 pts
12Bouches-du-Rhône9.2-0.2 pts
13Somme9.1-0.3 pts
13Tarn-et-Garonne9.1+0.1 pts
15Pas-de-Calais8.9-0.5 pts
15Territoire de Belfort8.9-0.1 pts
17Alpes-de-Haute-Provence8.8-0.3 pts
18Hautes-Pyrénées8.7-0.5 pts
18Val-d’Oise8.7+0.2 pts
20Ardèche8.6-0.1 pts
20Seine-Maritime8.6-0.4 pts
22Alpes-Maritimes8.5-0.3 pts
22Drôme8.5-0.1 pts
24Allier8.1-0.4 pts
24Haute-Garonne8.1+0.1 pts
24Var8.1-0.4 pts
27Tarn8-0.2 pts
27Vosges8-0.4 pts
29Hautes-Alpes7.9+0.2 pts
29Lot-et-Garonne7.90 pts
31Cher7.8-0.3 pts
31Haut-Rhin7.8-0.2 pts
31Lot7.8-0.1 pts
31Moselle7.80 pts
31Oise7.8-0.3 pts
36Charente-Maritime7.7-0.5 pts
36Eure7.7-0.3 pts
36Sarthe7.7-0.5 pts
36Val-de-Marne7.7+0.2 pts
40Dordogne7.6-0.4 pts
40Loire7.6-0.3 pts
42Indre7.5-0.4 pts
42Landes7.5-0.2 pts
42Meurthe-et-Moselle7.5-0.1 pts
42Meuse7.5+0.1 pts
46Charente7.4-0.4 pts
46Marne7.4-0.2 pts
48Gironde7.3-0.4 pts
48Loiret7.3-0.3 pts
50Doubs7.2-0.3 pts
50Seine-et-Marne7.2+0.3 pts
52Orne7.1-0.3 pts
52Rhône7.1-0.2 pts
52Yonne7.1-0.1 pts
55Calvados7-0.4 pts
55Creuse7-0.1 pts
55Eure-et-Loir7-0.4 pts
55Haute-Corse7-1 pts
55Maine-et-Loire7-0.5 pts
60Haute-Vienne6.9-0.4 pts
60Indre-et-Loire6.9-0.3 pts
62Côtes-d’Armor6.8-0.3 pts
62Puy-de-Dôme6.8-0.2 pts
64Bas-Rhin6.7-0.2 pts
64Essonne6.7+0.1 pts
64Finistère6.7-0.3 pts
64Haute-Marne6.7-0.4 pts
64Haute-Saône6.7-0.4 pts
64Yvelines6.7+0.3 pts
70Hauts-de-Seine6.6+0.2 pts
70Nièvre6.6-0.2 pts
72Corse-du-Sud6.5-1.2 pts
72Isère6.5-0.1 pts
72Morbihan6.5-0.4 pts
72Paris6.50 pts
72Saône-et-Loire6.5-0.5 pts
72Savoie6.5+0.1 pts
78Corrèze6.4-0.1 pts
78Haute-Savoie6.40 pts
78Loir-et-Cher6.4-0.2 pts
78Loire-Atlantique6.4-0.5 pts
78Vienne6.4-0.2 pts
83Pyrénées-Atlantiques6.3-0.4 pts
84Gers6.1+0.1 pts
85Aveyron6-0.1 pts
85Haute-Loire6-0.3 pts
87Ain5.9-0.2 pts
87Côte-d’Or5.9-0.4 pts
89Ille-et-Vilaine5.8-0.7 pts
89Vendée5.8-0.7 pts
91Deux-Sèvres5.6-0.4 pts
92Manche5.5-0.5 pts
93Jura5.4-0.4 pts
94Mayenne5.3-0.5 pts
95Lozère5-0.2 pts
96Cantal4.3-0.4 pts

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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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  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, 2021}},
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Which area has the highest unemployment rate?

Pyrénées-Orientales, with 12.2% in 2021, according to the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE, France).

Which area has the lowest unemployment rate?

Cantal, with 4.3% in 2021.

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