Short-term indicators Registered Unemployed and unemployment rate by area

Registered Unemployed, Unemployment rate1 by area
Year Germany Former territory
of the Federal Republic2		 New Länder
including Berlin
Unemployed

number		 Unemployment
rate1
%		 Unemployed

number		 Unemployment
rate1
%		 Unemployed

number		 Unemployment
rate1
%
1: Unemployment rate related to total non-selv-employed civil work force.
2: Until 1990: former territory of the Federal Republic including Berlin-West, from 1991: former territory of the Federal Republic excluding Berlin; 1950 to 1958 excluding Land Saarland.

Source: Federal Employment Agency, Nürnberg.
2024 2,787,112 6.5 2,142,810 6.1 644,302 8.2
2023 2,608,672 6.2 1,999,881 5.8 608,791 7.8
2022 2,418,133 5.8 1,850,626 5.4 567,507 7.4
2021 2,613,489 6.3 2,006,132 5.9 607,357 7.9
2020 2,695,444 6.5 2,075,003 6.1 620,441 8.1
2019 2,266,720 5.5 1,723,059 5.1 543,661 7.1
2018 2,340,082 5.8 1,758,627 5.3 581,455 7.6
2017 2,532,837 6.3 1,894,294 5.8 638,543 8.4
2016 2,690,975 6.8 1,978,672 6.2 712,303 9.4
2015 2,794,664 7.1 2,020,503 6.4 774,162 10.3
2014 2,898,388 7.5 2,074,553 6.7 823,835 11.0
2013 2,950,338 7.7 2,080,342 6.7 869,995 11.6
2012 2,897,126 7.6 1,999,918 6.6 897,209 11.9
2011 2,976,488 7.9 2,026,545 6.7 949,943 12.6
2010 3,238,965 8.6 2,227,473 7.4 1,011,492 13.4
2009 3,414,992 9.1 2,314,215 7.8 1,100,777 14.5
2008 3,258,954 8.7 2,138,778 7.2 1,120,175 14.6
2007 3,760,586 10.1 2,475,528 8.3 1,285,058 16.7
2006 4,487,305 12.0 3,007,158 10.2 1,480,146 19.2
2005 4,860,909 13.0 3,246,755 11.0 1,614,154 20.6
2004 4,381,281 11.7 2,782,759 9.4 1,598,522 20.1
2003 4,376,795 11.6 2,753,181 9.3 1,623,614 20.1
2002 4,061,345 10.8 2,498,392 8.5 1,562,953 19.2
2001 3,852,564 10.3 2,320,500 8.0 1,532,064 18.8
2000 3,889,695 10.7 2,380,987 8.4 1,508,707 18.5
1999 4,100,499 11.7 2,604,720 9.6 1,495,779 18.7
1998 4,280,630 12.3 2,751,535 10.3 1,529,095 19.2
1997 4,384,456 12.7 2,870,021 10.8 1,514,435 19.1
1996 3,965,064 11.5 2,646,442 9.9 1,318,622 16.6
1995 3,611,921 10.4 2,427,083 9.1 1,184,838 14.8
1994 3,698,057 10.6 2,426,276 9.0 1,271,781 15.7
1993 3,419,141 9.8 2,149,465 8.0 1,269,676 15.4
1992 2,978,570 8.5 1,699,273 6.4 1,279,297 14.4
1991 2,602,203 7.3 1,596,457 6.2 1,005,745 10.2
1990 - - 1,883,147 7.2 - -
1989 - - 2,037,781 7.9 - -
1988 - - 2,241,556 8.7 - -
1987 - - 2,228,788 8.9 - -
1986 - - 2,228,004 9.0 - -
1985 - - 2,304,014 9.3 - -
1984 - - 2,265,559 9.1 - -
1983 - - 2,258,235 9.1 - -
1982 - - 1,833,244 7.5 - -
1981 - - 1,271,574 5.5 - -
1980 - - 888,900 3.8 - -
1979 - - 876,137 3.8 - -
1978 - - 992,948 4.3 - -
1977 - - 1,029,995 4.5 - -
1976 - - 1,060,336 4.6 - -
1975 - - 1,074,217 4.7 - -
1974 - - 582,481 2.6 - -
1973 - - 273,498 1.2 - -
1972 - - 246,433 1.1 - -
1971 - - 185,072 0.8 - -
1970 - - 148,846 0.7 - -
1969 - - 178,579 0.9 - -
1968 - - 323,480 1.5 - -
1967 - - 459,489 2.1 - -
1966 - - 161,059 0.7 - -
1965 - - 147,352 0.7 - -
1964 - - 169,070 0.8 - -
1963 - - 185,646 0.8 - -
1962 - - 154,523 0.7 - -
1961 - - 180,855 0.8 - -
1960 - - 270,678 1.3 - -
1959 - - 539,942 2.6 - -
1958 - - 763,850 3.7 - -
1957 - - 753,711 3.7 - -
1956 - - 876,287 4.4 - -
1955 - - 1,073,576 5.6 - -

As at 08 January 2025

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