France holds the 7th largest economy in the world by nominal GDP. The country is a leading manufacturer — aerospace, automotive, pharmaceuticals, luxury goods. Airbus is partly French. LVMH, the world's largest luxury group, is headquartered in Paris.\n\nThe unemployment rate sits at around 7.4%, higher than Germany or the UK but lower than southern European neighbours. Youth unemployment has historically been a political pressure point.\n\nTourism is the single biggest contributor to GDP per capita in the country — France is the most visited nation on earth, around 90 million visitors annually. Paris alone accounts for a third of that figure.