- Trade topics
- Trade and jobs
- EU exporter
- France
French companies’ exports outside the EU are worth €394 billion in 2019. And this keeps four million French workers busy.
- French extra-EU exports support 3.4 million jobs in France.
- Another 573,000 French workers are in jobs linked to exports from other EU countries to the world.
- This means 14% of jobs in France depend on extra-EU exports.
- French extra-EU exports also support over 658,000 jobs in EU countries. 66% of export-related jobs in France are in services.
EU exports support 38 million jobs, up two thirds from 2000. More than 14 million of these workers are women. One in five jobs in the EU depends on exports.
EU exports support a significant share of jobs in all countries across the EU.