France vs Iran: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

France

7.7%

in 2025

Iran

7.6%

in 2024

France rank

54th

Iran rank

56th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

France
Iran

How they compare

France currently reports 7.7% against 7.6% in Iran, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Iran ahead.

France ranks 54th and Iran ranks 56th of 185 countries.

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Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in France
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Iran
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About this data

Indicator: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit: %
Source: Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.