Overview
- Insee counted 2.4 million ILO-defined unemployed in the quarter, up by 44,000 from Q2.
- Unemployment among 15–24-year-olds fell to 18.8% on the quarter, while the rate for those aged 50 and over rose to 5.1%.
- The overall rate is 0.3 percentage point higher than a year earlier yet remains 2.8 points below its mid‑2015 peak.
- Insee revised the Q2 2025 unemployment rate upward to 7.6% from an initial 7.5%.
- Ministry of Labour registrations showed a parallel rise, with 3.26 million category A jobseekers over the summer under a non-comparable measure.