Key data points
Last release
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Observation period
Oct 2024
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
12.10 % on Mar 31, 2005
Lowest
0.40 % on Mar 31, 1966
About Germany unemployment rate
In Germany, the unemployment rate measures the registered unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force. The registered Unemployed as defined in the statistics collected by the Federal Employment Office and based on the register of persons out of work are all those persons who have reached the age of 15 but not yet the age of 65 who have no job or only a part-time job (at present less than 15 hours a week) and are looking for a job subject to compulsory insurance with a working time of no less than 15 hours a week. They must have registered at the appropriate job center and must not be certified as unfit for work.
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Frequently Asked Questions
To calculate Germany unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Germany unemployment rate is 0.40%.
The highest figure Germany unemployment rate has ever reached is 12.10%.
Last month Germany unemployment rate was 6.10%, and the month before that it amounted to 6.00%.