Manufacture of textiles: number of employees in France 2021

The number of employees in the textile manufacturing industry in France decreased by 2,822 employees (-8.15 percent) in 2021 in comparison to the previous year. As a result, the number of employees in France saw its lowest number in 2021 with 31,795 employees.
According to Eurostat employed persons are all persons aged 15 and over who performed work, even for just one hour per week, for pay, profit or family gain during the reference week or were not at work but had a job or business from which they were temporarily absent because of, for instance, illness, holidays, industrial dispute, and education or training.

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Total number of employees in the textile manufacturing sector in France from 2010 to 2021

Characteristic	Total number of employees
2021b	31,795
2020	34,617
2019	32,815
2018	33,587
2017be	36,223
2016be	36,194
2015b	35,716
2014b	37,599
2013	38,667
2012	40,793
2011	43,360
2010	47,929

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Release date

March 2024

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France

Survey time period

2010 to 2021

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
The source adds further explanation: Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work.
Data coverage corresponds to Section C13 of CE Rev2.

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