Unemployment rate in Germany

Latest: 3.7%
Previous: 3.4%
Change: +0.31 (+9.1%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Unemployment rate over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Recession Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Unemployment rate in Germany
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	—
Dec 31, 1978	—
Dec 31, 1979	—
Dec 31, 1980	—
Dec 31, 1981	—
Dec 31, 1982	—
Dec 31, 1983	—
Dec 31, 1984	—
Dec 31, 1985	—
Dec 31, 1986	—
Dec 31, 1987	—
Dec 31, 1988	—
Dec 31, 1989	—
Dec 31, 1990	—
Dec 31, 1991	5.3%
Dec 31, 1992	6.3%
Dec 31, 1993	7.7%
Dec 31, 1994	8.7%
Dec 31, 1995	8.2%
Dec 31, 1996	8.8%
Dec 31, 1997	9.9%
Dec 31, 1998	9.8%
Dec 31, 1999	8.9%
Dec 31, 2000	7.9%
Dec 31, 2001	7.8%
Dec 31, 2002	8.5%
Dec 31, 2003	9.8%
Dec 31, 2004	10.7%
Dec 31, 2005	11.2%
Dec 31, 2006	10.3%
Dec 31, 2007	8.7%
Dec 31, 2008	7.5%
Dec 31, 2009	7.9%
Dec 31, 2010	7.0%
Dec 31, 2011	6.0%
Dec 31, 2012	5.4%
Dec 31, 2013	5.3%
Dec 31, 2014	5.0%
Dec 31, 2015	4.6%
Dec 31, 2016	4.1%
Dec 31, 2017	3.8%
Dec 31, 2018	3.4%
Dec 31, 2019	3.2%
Dec 31, 2020	3.9%
Dec 31, 2021	3.6%
Dec 31, 2022	3.1%
Dec 31, 2023	3.1%
Dec 31, 2024	3.4%
Dec 31, 2025	3.7%

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