Cultural employment in France
Cultural employment made up 4.8% of total employment in France in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2011. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
The latest value carries the source flag “Definition differs”.
France, 2025
4.8%d (Definition differs)
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
European Union, 2025
4.3%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
4.4%
Position in 2025
5th of 34
Cultural employment in France over time
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% of total employment. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | France | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.8%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 4.3% |
| 2024 | 4.7%bd (break in time series, definition differs (see metadata)) | 4.2% |
| 2023 | 4.5%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 4.2% |
| 2022 | 4.5%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 4.2% |
| 2021 | 4.4%bd (break in time series, definition differs (see metadata)) | 4.2%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| 2019 | 4.0% | 4.1% |
| 2018 | 4.0% | 4.1% |
| 2017 | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| 2016 | 3.7% | 4.0% |
| 2015 | 3.7% | 4.0% |
| 2014 | 3.9%b (break in time series) | 4.0% |
| 2013 | 4.0%b (break in time series) | 4.1% |
| 2012 | 3.8% | 4.1% |
| 2011 | 4.0% | 3.9% |
Flags: b break in time series; bd break in time series, definition differs (see metadata); d definition differs (see metadata) . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 4.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 3.7%, the figure has changed by +1.1 percentage points.
- Among the 34 countries with data for 2025, France has the 5th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 4.3%.