According to figures from INSEE published Thursday, the unemployment rate fell significantly in the fourth quarter of 2019 to settle at 8.1%. It was the lowest level since 2008, before the economic crisis.

The unemployment rate fell sharply, by 0.4 points, in the fourth quarter of 2019 to settle at 8.1% of the working population and reach its lowest level since the end of 2008, according to figures published by INSEE on Thursday. .

France, excluding Mayotte, has 2,424 million unemployed people, or 85,000 less in the quarter. Over one year, the unemployment rate, measured according to the standards of the International Labor Office (ILO), is down 0.7 points. INSEE also revised its third quarter figure from 8.6 to 8.5%.

In the process, the Minister of Labor, Muriel Pénicaud, said that the objective of an unemployment rate of 7% in 2022 was "frankly achievable".