Unemployment in France is at its highest rate since 1999.
The unemployment rate reached 9,6% in the first quarter of 2012; the number of unemployed people in the country reached 2,7 million.
247- The unemployment rate in France rose to 9,6% in the first quarter of 2012. This is the highest unemployment rate the country has seen since 1999. This rate is also higher than the 9,5% predicted by experts. The data comes from INSEE, the French statistics agency.
In the last three months of 2011, the unemployment rate was 9,3%. The data for the fourth quarter of 2011 were revised from the previously calculated 9,4%. The number of unemployed people in the country reached 2,7 million, according to INSEE.