EU 7.05
· European ranking
4 / 30
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Germany: Jobless Households
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
10.30% of people aged 0 to 64
EU 7.05 · +3.3 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures people aged 0 to 64 living in households where working-age members worked 20% or less of their combined potential working time during the previous year. Eurostat excludes specified groups such as certain students and retired people from the work-intensity calculation.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) ilc_lvhl21n
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Regional map
· 2025 · 38 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+120.39
22.70
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2+30.10
13.40
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3+26.21
13.00
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3+26.21
13.00
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5+25.24
12.90
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5+25.24
12.90
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5+25.24
12.90
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8+24.27
12.80
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9+21.36
12.50
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10+19.42
12.30
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11+12.62
11.60
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12+11.65
11.50
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13+9.71
11.30
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14+8.74
11.20
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15+6.80
11.00
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15+6.80
11.00
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17+5.83
10.90
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18+4.85
10.80
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19+2.91
10.60
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20+0.97
10.40
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20+0.97
10.40
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22+0.00
10.30
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23-4.85
9.80
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23-4.85
9.80
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25-8.74
9.40
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26-10.68
9.20
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27-12.62
9.00
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28-15.53
8.70
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29-19.42
8.30
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30-20.39
8.20
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31-23.30
7.90
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32-26.21
7.60
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33-28.16
7.40
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34-30.10
7.20
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34-30.10
7.20
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36-37.86
6.40
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37-48.54
5.30
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38-56.31
4.50
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Germany performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years), with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Germany
In Germany, Low work intensity is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 10.3% versus 7.1% in 2025, with a gap of 3.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Germany, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 8.30% in 2020 to 10.30% in 2025. The latest value changes little from 10.00% in 2024, so the previous deterioration continues but with less intensity.
Regional differences in Germany
In Germany, regional differences in Low work intensity are pronounced. Across 38 comparable regions, Bremen records the highest value (22.7%) and Schwaben the lowest (4.5%), a gap of 18.2 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.