Trends in France for achieving the Agenda 2030 sustainable development goals (SDG)

SDG8 – Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Underemployment rate
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-2.1 points from 2018 to 2023

4.4%
Favourable
Chart data: Underemployment rate
Year Value (%)
2018 6.5
2019 5.8
2020 9.5
2021 6.4
2022 4.6
2023 4.4

Work intensity
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-1.5 points from 2016 to 2019

33.7% of employed persons
Favourable
Chart data: Work intensity
Year Value (%)
2016 35.2
2019 33.7

Adults with an account at a bank or other financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider
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+5.0 points from 2017 to 2021

99%
Favourable
Chart data: Adults with an account at a bank or other financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider
Year Value (%)
2017 94
2021 99

Subsidized jobs in youth employment
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-7.0 points from 2020 to 2023

31.5%
Unfavourable
Chart data: Subsidized jobs in youth employment
Year Value (%)
2020 38.5
2021 38.8
2022 31.5
2023 31.5

Employment rate
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+2.3 points from 2018 to 2023

68.4%
Moderately favourable
Chart data: Employment rate
Year Value (%)
2018 66.1
2019 66.4
2020 66.1
2021 67.3
2022 68.2
2023 68.4

Young people aged 15-24 not in employment, education or training
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-0.5 point from 2018 to 2023

10.5%
Moderately favourable
Chart data: Young people aged 15-24 not in employment, education or training
Year Value (%)
2018 11
2019 10.5
2020 11.3
2021 10.6
2022 10.1
2023 10.5

Work-related accidents (per million hours worked)
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+0% from 2014 to 2019

21
Moderately favourable
Chart data: Work-related accidents (per million hours worked)
Year Value
2014 21
2015 21
2016 21
2017 21
2018 21
2019 21

Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita
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average between 2018-2023 :+0.7%

0.6%
Not assessable
Chart data: Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita
Year Value (%)
2018 1.2
2019 1.6
2020 -7.8
2021 6.5
2022 2.3
2023 0.6

Note: provisional 2022 to 2023 data


Source: INSEE, Dashboard of national indicators for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals – published February 2025. Statistics processed by SDES (ministerial Statistical Data and Studies Department) - Only available in French. (Insee, Tableau de bord des indicateurs pour le suivi national des objectifs de développement durable - paru en février 2025. Traitements SDES)

*Change: since the latest available value, change over a period of 5 years (longer or shorter depending on data availability).

**Latest value: value corresponding to the last year of the trend graph.

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