The number of job seekers down sharply by 5.9% in the 4th quarter

A record decrease more than erases the spectacular increase of 7.5% in 2020 due to Covid-19… The number of unemployed (category A, without activity) recorded in France (excluding Mayotte) a sharp drop of 5 9% in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to the previous quarter, i.e. 208,500 fewer registered people, to 3.336 million, according to figures published on Wednesday by Pôle emploi. Over one year, the drop is 12.6%, i.e. 479,600 fewer unemployed, while the number of unemployed reached its lowest level since the 3rd quarter of 2012 at the end of 2021.

Including reduced activity (categories B and C), the number of job seekers fell by 3.6% in the fourth quarter and stood at 5.659 million, according to the Department of Statistics (Dares) of the Ministry of Job. Over one year, the drop is 5.8%. On the long-term unemployment front, the number of job seekers registered for a year or more fell by 4.1% in the 4th quarter (-6.2% over one year), to 2.805 million (categories A, B and VS). They represent 49.6% of total job seekers.

A sharper decline among young people under 25

The fall in category A is greater among young people under 25 in the 4th quarter (-8.5% in mainland France) than for the other age groups (-6.7% for 25-49 and -4.1% for those aged 50 and over). In 2021, youth unemployment will thus have fallen by 17.8%, i.e. 87,400 fewer registered workers. Over the quarter, entries at Pôle Emploi decreased (-11,700 or -2.2%), in particular entries for end of contract. Outputs stagnated (+3,000, or +0.5%).

The number of unemployed in category A is decreasing in the 13 regions of metropolitan France (between -12.5% ​​in Corsica and -5.3% in Occitanie). In the overseas departments-regions excluding Mayotte, the drop was 1.2% (between -1.6% in Martinique and Reunion and +0.1% in Guyana).

In the fourth quarter, 708,100 people registered with Pôle Emploi were not required to seek employment. They are either not immediately available (category D, for example: training, job security contract, illness), or have a job (category E, for example: business creation, assisted contract). Over this quarter, the number of registrants in category D decreased by 15.6% and that in category E increased by 1.8%.

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