EU 6.25
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Germany: Unemployment rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
3.80% of labour force
EU 6.25 · -2.5 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
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· 2025 · 37 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+71.05
6.50
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2+39.47
5.30
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3+36.84
5.20
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4+34.21
5.10
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5+28.95
4.90
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6+26.32
4.80
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7+23.68
4.70
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7+23.68
4.70
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9+15.79
4.40
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10+7.89
4.10
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11+5.26
4.00
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12+2.63
3.90
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12+2.63
3.90
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12+2.63
3.90
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15+0.00
3.80
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15+0.00
3.80
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17-2.63
3.70
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17-2.63
3.70
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17-2.63
3.70
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20-5.26
3.60
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20-5.26
3.60
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20-5.26
3.60
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23-7.89
3.50
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24-10.53
3.40
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24-10.53
3.40
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26-13.16
3.30
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27-15.79
3.20
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28-18.42
3.10
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29-21.05
3.00
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29-21.05
3.00
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31-23.68
2.90
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31-23.68
2.90
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31-23.68
2.90
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31-23.68
2.90
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35-26.32
2.80
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36-28.95
2.70
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36-28.95
2.70
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Germany performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Unemployment rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Germany
In Germany, Unemployment rate is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 3.8% versus 6.3% in 2025, with a gap of 2.5 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Germany, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 3.60% in 2020 to 3.80% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 3.50% in 2024, confirming the stable reading.
Regional differences in Germany
In Germany, regional differences in Unemployment rate are pronounced. Across 37 comparable regions, Berlin records the highest value (6.5%) and Schwaben the lowest (2.7%), a gap of 3.8 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Germany, Employment & Economic Security shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.