The detailed unemployment indicators are reported for both "metropolitan France" (i.e., the mainland) and "France excluding Mayotte" (i.e., metropolitan France plus four of five overseas territories ("DOMs")). The preferred ILO-definition unemployment figure has been changed by INSEE from "metropolitan France" to the more inclusive "France excluding Mayotte".

In response we have:

1. Discontinued the "metropolitan France" series.
2. Standardized mnemonics of existing series.
3. Transplanted the global concept alias LBU.IFRA.

Notable properties:

• Start date: No change
• Measurement: No change
• Geographic scope: Added four of five DOMs

The series reside in the historical catalog:

• France » Labor and Wages » Labor force status » Major series

and are:

• LWQUNAQ.IFRA_MET = [DISCONTINUED] Labor: Unemployment - Both sexes, (Ths. # , SA) - for metropolitan France, 1975Q1 to 2019Q2
• LWQUNAQ.IFRA_XMY = for France excl. Mayotte, from 1975Q1

See also

• Mnemonic Change: France - Unemployment - Geos