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NUTS 3 areas of France by unemployment rate

Pyrénées-Orientales had the highest unemployment rate of 96 areas in 2023, at 12%. Cantal had the lowest, at 4.2%. The median was 6.8%. Source: the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE, France).

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Highest12Pyrénées-Orientales
Lowest4.2Cantal
Median6.896 areas

Top 40 areas, 2023

Pyrénées-Orientales: 12 %Pyrénées-Orientales12Aisne: 10.5 %Aisne10.5Seine-Saint-Denis: 10.3 %Seine-Saint-Denis10.3Aude: 10.2 %Aude10.2Hérault: 10.1 %Hérault10.1Gard: 10 %Gard10Vaucluse: 9.7 %Vaucluse9.7Ardennes: 9.6 %Ardennes9.6Nord: 9.6 %Nord9.6Aube: 9.5 %Aube9.5Ariège: 9.4 %Ariège9.4Bouches-du-Rhône: 8.6 %Bouches-du-Rhône8.6Somme: 8.6 %Somme8.6Pas-de-Calais: 8.5 %Pas-de-Calais8.5Tarn-et-Garonne: 8.5 %Tarn-et-Garonne8.5Territoire de Belfort: 8.4 %Territoire de Belfort8.4Alpes-de-Haute-Provence: 8.1 %Alpes-de-Haute-Provence8.1Ardèche: 8 %Ardèche8Val-d’Oise: 8 %Val-d’Oise8Drôme: 7.9 %Drôme7.9Tarn: 7.9 %Tarn7.9Seine-Maritime: 7.8 %Seine-Maritime7.8Allier: 7.7 %Allier7.7Hautes-Pyrénées: 7.7 %Hautes-Pyrénées7.7Vosges: 7.7 %Vosges7.7Loire: 7.4 %Loire7.4Oise: 7.4 %Oise7.4Haute-Garonne: 7.3 %Haute-Garonne7.3Lot: 7.3 %Lot7.3Var: 7.3 %Var7.3Cher: 7.2 %Cher7.2Lot-et-Garonne: 7.2 %Lot-et-Garonne7.2Marne: 7.2 %Marne7.2Meuse: 7.2 %Meuse7.2Val-de-Marne: 7.2 %Val-de-Marne7.2Alpes-Maritimes: 7.1 %Alpes-Maritimes7.1Dordogne: 7.1 %Dordogne7.1Loiret: 7.1 %Loiret7.1Moselle: 7.1 %Moselle7.1Creuse: 7 %Creuse7Pyrénées-Orientales: 12 %Pyrénées-Orientales12Aisne: 10.5 %Aisne10.5Seine-Saint-Denis: 10.3 %Seine-Saint-Denis10.3Aude: 10.2 %Aude10.2Hérault: 10.1 %Hérault10.1Gard: 10 %Gard10Vaucluse: 9.7 %Vaucluse9.7Ardennes: 9.6 %Ardennes9.6Nord: 9.6 %Nord9.6Aube: 9.5 %Aube9.5Ariège: 9.4 %Ariège9.4Bouches-du-Rhône: 8.6 %Bouches-du-Rhône8.6Somme: 8.6 %Somme8.6Pas-de-Calais: 8.5 %Pas-de-Calais8.5Tarn-et-Garonne: 8.5 %Tarn-et-Garonne8.5Territoire de Belfort: 8.4 %Territoire de Belfort8.4Alpes-de-Haute-Provence: 8.1 %Alpes-de-Haute-Provence8.1Ardèche: 8 %Ardèche8Val-d’Oise: 8 %Val-d’Oise8Drôme: 7.9 %Drôme7.9Tarn: 7.9 %Tarn7.9Seine-Maritime: 7.8 %Seine-Maritime7.8Allier: 7.7 %Allier7.7Hautes-Pyrénées: 7.7 %Hautes-Pyrénées7.7Vosges: 7.7 %Vosges7.7Loire: 7.4 %Loire7.4Oise: 7.4 %Oise7.4Haute-Garonne: 7.3 %Haute-Garonne7.3Lot: 7.3 %Lot7.3Var: 7.3 %Var7.3Cher: 7.2 %Cher7.2Lot-et-Garonne: 7.2 %Lot-et-Garonne7.2Marne: 7.2 %Marne7.2Meuse: 7.2 %Meuse7.2Val-de-Marne: 7.2 %Val-de-Marne7.2Alpes-Maritimes: 7.1 %Alpes-Maritimes7.1Dordogne: 7.1 %Dordogne7.1Loiret: 7.1 %Loiret7.1Moselle: 7.1 %Moselle7.1Creuse: 7 %Creuse7
%. 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

RankAreas2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Pyrénées-Orientales12+0.4 pts
2Aisne10.5+0.1 pts
3Seine-Saint-Denis10.3+0.1 pts
4Aude10.2+0.2 pts
5Hérault10.10 pts
6Gard10+0.1 pts
7Vaucluse9.7+0.2 pts
8Ardennes9.6+0.3 pts
8Nord9.6+0.4 pts
10Aube9.50 pts
11Ariège9.40 pts
12Bouches-du-Rhône8.6-0.1 pts
12Somme8.60 pts
14Pas-de-Calais8.5+0.2 pts
14Tarn-et-Garonne8.5-0.1 pts
16Territoire de Belfort8.4+0.2 pts
17Alpes-de-Haute-Provence8.1-0.1 pts
18Ardèche80 pts
18Val-d’Oise80 pts
20Drôme7.9+0.1 pts
20Tarn7.9+0.1 pts
22Seine-Maritime7.80 pts
23Allier7.7+0.1 pts
23Hautes-Pyrénées7.7-0.2 pts
23Vosges7.7+0.3 pts
26Loire7.4+0.3 pts
26Oise7.40 pts
28Haute-Garonne7.3-0.1 pts
28Lot7.30 pts
28Var7.30 pts
31Cher7.2-0.3 pts
31Lot-et-Garonne7.2-0.2 pts
31Marne7.2+0.2 pts
31Meuse7.20 pts
31Val-de-Marne7.20 pts
36Alpes-Maritimes7.1-0.3 pts
36Dordogne7.1-0.1 pts
36Loiret7.10 pts
36Moselle7.10 pts
40Creuse70 pts
40Haut-Rhin7+0.1 pts
40Indre7-0.1 pts
40Meurthe-et-Moselle70 pts
40Sarthe7-0.1 pts
45Charente6.90 pts
45Eure6.9-0.1 pts
45Yonne6.9+0.2 pts
48Charente-Maritime6.8-0.1 pts
48Eure-et-Loir6.8+0.1 pts
48Haute-Corse6.8+0.4 pts
48Landes6.8-0.1 pts
52Nièvre6.7+0.1 pts
52Seine-et-Marne6.70 pts
54Doubs6.6+0.1 pts
54Hautes-Alpes6.6-0.2 pts
54Indre-et-Loire6.6+0.1 pts
57Orne6.5-0.1 pts
57Saône-et-Loire6.5+0.2 pts
59Calvados6.40 pts
59Essonne6.40 pts
59Gironde6.4-0.2 pts
59Haute-Marne6.4+0.1 pts
59Haute-Saône6.40 pts
59Haute-Vienne6.4-0.1 pts
59Puy-de-Dôme6.4+0.1 pts
59Rhône6.40 pts
59Yvelines6.40 pts
68Bas-Rhin6.3+0.1 pts
68Côtes-d’Armor6.30 pts
68Maine-et-Loire6.3-0.2 pts
71Finistère6.2+0.1 pts
72Corrèze60 pts
72Corse-du-Sud6+0.2 pts
72Loir-et-Cher60 pts
72Vienne6+0.1 pts
76Isère5.90 pts
77Hauts-de-Seine5.8-0.1 pts
77Morbihan5.80 pts
79Aveyron5.70 pts
79Côte-d’Or5.7+0.1 pts
79Paris5.70 pts
82Gers5.6-0.1 pts
82Haute-Loire5.60 pts
82Ille-et-Vilaine5.6+0.2 pts
82Pyrénées-Atlantiques5.6-0.1 pts
86Ain5.5+0.1 pts
86Loire-Atlantique5.5-0.2 pts
88Haute-Savoie5.40 pts
89Deux-Sèvres5.30 pts
89Jura5.3+0.2 pts
91Savoie5.2-0.1 pts
92Manche5.10 pts
92Vendée5.1-0.1 pts
94Mayenne4.8-0.2 pts
95Lozère4.7+0.1 pts
96Cantal4.2+0.2 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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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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, 2023 [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=2023 (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, 2023}},
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Which area has the highest unemployment rate?

Pyrénées-Orientales, with 12% in 2023, according to the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE, France).

Which area has the lowest unemployment rate?

Cantal, with 4.2% in 2023.

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