The unemployment rate for women in France was ***Â percent in 2024, compared with *** percent for men. Since 2015, both female and male unemployment rates have decreased year-on-year, from *** percent for women and **** percent for men. Moreover, the gap between female and male unemployment rates has reduced quite significantly since 1996. Indeed, for that year, **** percent of the female active population was unemployed compared with only *** percent of the male active population, when in 2024 both rates were around percent.
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