The French public budget › Social Security · 2024
Unemployment
Unemployment benefit (return-to-work allowance), other allowances (after an economic redundancy, pending retirement…), training assistance: the 4th largest of Social Security’s 5 branches in 2024.
44.7bn€
spent in 2024
What it pays for, in 2024
Unemployment benefit (return-to-work allowance)75%33.5bn€
Other allowances (after an economic redundancy, pending retirement…)15%6.7bn€
Training assistance10%4.5bn€
Source: Eurostat, government spending by function, 2024 ↗; detail estimated from: Unédic, rapport annuel 2024 ↗.