Pyrénées-Orientales remains the department with the highest unemployment rate: 12.2%. The industry, after a rather low volume of activity in the fourth quarter of 2023, is showing optimism for 2024: 16% companies plan to hire.
The sector of cafés-hotels-restaurants and campsites also ends the year 2023 “on a rather good trend” with an increasing turnover for a quarter of the companies surveyed. Commerce is, for its part, the sector most impacted by the unfavorable economic situation.