Short-term indicators
Labour market

Registered Unemployed, Unemployment rate¹ by sex
Germany

Year	Total		Male		Female
	Unemployed number	Unemployment rate1 %	Unemployed number	Unemployment rate1 %	Unemployed number	Unemployment rate1 %
1: Unemployment rate related to total civil-sector work force. Source: Federal Employment Agency, Nürnberg.
2023	2,608,672	5.7	1,412,410	5.8	1,196,262	5.5
2022	2,418,133	5.3	1,312,584	5.4	1,105,541	5.2
2021	2,613,489	5.7	1,454,544	6.0	1,158,934	5.4
2020	2,695,444	5.9	1,520,596	6.3	1,174,838	5.5
2019	2,266,720	5.0	1,262,887	5.2	1,003,830	4.7
2018	2,340,082	5.2	1,292,123	5.4	1,047,957	5.0
2017	2,532,837	5.7	1,398,108	5.9	1,134,724	5.4
2016	2,690,975	6.1	1,482,720	6.4	1,208,251	5.8
2015	2,794,664	6.4	1,517,211	6.6	1,277,452	6.2
2014	2,898,388	6.7	1,565,074	6.8	1,333,314	6.6
2013	2,950,338	6.9	1,597,105	7.0	1,353,232	6.7
2012	2,897,126	6.8	1,550,400	6.9	1,346,726	6.8
2011	2,976,488	7.1	1,586,362	7.1	1,390,126	7.0
2010	3,238,965	7.7	1,760,041	7.9	1,478,924	7.5
2009	3,414,992	8.1	1,863,014	8.3	1,551,977	7.9
2008	3,258,954	7.8	1,663,193	7.4	1,595,751	8.2
2007	3,760,586	9.0	1,893,657	8.5	1,866,855	9.6
2006	4,487,305	11.0	2,337,511	10.5	2,149,729	11.0
2005	4,860,909	11.7	2,603,003	11.7	2,257,639	11.8
2004	4,381,281	10.5	2,448,719	11.0	1,932,563	10.1
2003	4,376,795	10.5	2,446,215	10.9	1,930,580	10.0
2002	4,061,345	9.8	2,239,919	9.9	1,821,426	9.5
2001	3,852,564	9.4	2,063,852	9.2	1,788,712	9.5
2000	3,889,695	9.6	2,053,377	9.2	1,836,317	10.0
1999	4,100,499	10.5	2,160,461	9.9	1,940,038	11.2
1998	4,280,630	11.1	2,273,369	10.5	2,007,261	11.8
1997	4,384,456	11.4	2,342,383	10.8	2,042,073	12.2
1996	3,965,064	10.4	2,111,546	9.7	1,853,518	11.2
1995	3,611,921	9.4	1,850,610	8.5	1,761,311	10.6
1994	3,698,057	9.6	1,863,085	-	1,834,972	-
1993	3,419,141	8.9	1,691,560	-	1,727,581	-
1992	2,978,570	7.7	1,411,894	-	1,566,676	-
1991	2,602,203	-	1,280,554	-	1,321,649	-

As at 04 January 2024