This is a new sharp drop on the unemployment front. According to Dares, 3.193 million people were registered in category A at Pôle emploi in the first quarter. That is a decrease of 5% compared to the end of 2021.
Over one year, the decline is 15.7%, or 600,000 fewer unemployed. A figure which even rises to 16.5% only in metropolitan France. In category A, the number of job seekers thus reached its lowest level since the 2nd quarter of 2012. Including B and C, it is the lowest level since the last quarter of 2014.
“The number of unemployed job seekers continued to fall sharply in the first quarter. Our objective for the next 5 years is clear: heading for full employment! “, reacted, on Twitter, the Minister of Labor, Elisabeth Borne.
Including reduced activity (categories B and C of Pôle Emploi), the number of job seekers fell by 2.7% in the fourth quarter (8.2% over one year) and stood at 5.533 million. , according to the Statistics Department of the Ministry of Labor (Dares).
Young people more affected by the drop in unemployment
On the other hand, category B alone, including people with short reduced activity, increased by 2.1% compared to the last quarter of 2021. Over the same period, category C (people with long reduced activity) remained stable.
On the long-term unemployment front, the number of job seekers registered for a year or more fell by 4.9% (-12.3% over one year) to 2.676 million (categories A, B and C).
The fall in category A is greater among young people under 25 (-10.8% in mainland France) than for the other age groups (-4.9% for 25-49 year olds and -3. 4% for those aged 50 and over). Over one year, youth unemployment will thus have fallen by more than 25%, or 125,000 fewer registered workers.
The number of unemployed in category A decreased in the 13 regions of metropolitan France (between -6.4% in Normandy and -2.6% in Corsica). In the overseas departments-regions excluding Mayotte, the decline was 1.9% (between -2.4% in Martinique and +0.5% in Guyana).