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France, selected international labor statistics, 2009–11
Indicator Unit Report Time Series 2009 2010 2011

Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing

Hourly compensation costs

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

40.37 39.12 42.12

Hourly pay for time worked

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

20.80 20.16 21.70

Hourly directly paid benefits

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

7.48 7.25 7.80

Hourly social insurance expenditures and labor-related taxes

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

12.09 11.71 12.61

Productivity and unit labor costs in manufacturing

Productivity (output per hour)

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

115.4 122.4 125.1

Output

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

96.4 99.9 101.0

Hours worked

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

83.5 81.6 80.7

Unit labor costs in U.S. dollars

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

159.1 145.4 153.2

Labor market

Unemployment rate - Total

Percent of civilian labor force

HTM

XLS

9.2 9.5 9.4

Unemployment rate - Youth (under 25)

Percent of civilian labor force

HTM

XLS

23.5 23.1 22.3

Unemployment rate - Men

Percent of civilian labor force

HTM

XLS

9.1 9.2 9.0

Unemployment rate - Women

Percent of civilian labor force

HTM

XLS

9.4 9.8 9.8

Employment-population ratio - Total

Percent of civilian working-age population

HTM

XLS

51.3 51.2 51.0

Employment-population ratio - Men

Percent of civilian working-age population

HTM

XLS

56.5 56.3 56.1

Employment-population ratio - Women

Percent of civilian working-age population

HTM

XLS

46.7 46.5 46.4

Labor force participation rate - Total

Percent of civilian working-age population

HTM

XLS

56.6 56.5 56.3

Labor force participation rate - Men

Percent of civilian working-age population

HTM

XLS

62.1 62.0 61.7

Labor force participation rate - Women

Percent of civilian working-age population

HTM

XLS

51.6 51.6 51.5

Women's share of the labor force

Percent of civilian labor force

HTM

XLS

48.0 48.0 48.0

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

34,351 34,734 35,133

GDP per hour

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

56.17 56.93 57.70

GDP per employed person

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

82,695 84,122 85,152

Prices

Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

0.1 1.5 2.1

Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP)

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

0.1 1.7 2.3

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of International Labor Comparisons.

 

Last Modified Date: December 21, 2012