Labour market

ILO labour market statistics¹
Unemployment, Unemployment rate²
Seasonally and calendar adjusted figures (estimation)

Year, month		Unemployment million,	Unemployment rate
			in %	Change on the previous month in percentage points	Change on the corresponding month of the previous year in percentage points
1 Time series on unemployment based on the German Labour Force Survey as from 30 October 2007. For further information regarding the revised time series, the differences compared to previous publications and the approach used for seasonal adjustment, please refer to the information on ILO labour market statistics from September 2007. 2 Unemployed persons between 15 and 74 years as a percentage of the labour force in the respective population group.
2009	Dec	3.2	7.5	0.0	0.4
	Nov	3.2	7.5	0.0	0.4
	Oct	3.2	7.5	-0.1	0.4
	Sep	3.3	7.6	0.0	0.5
	Aug	3.3	7.6	0.0	0.5
	Jul	3.3	7.6	0.0	0.4
	Jun	3.3	7.6	0.0	0.3
	May	3.3	7.6	0.0	0.2
	Apr	3.3	7.6	0.2	0.2
	Mar	3.2	7.4	0.1	-0.1
	Feb	3.1	7.3	0.1	-0.3
	Jan	3.1	7.2	0.1	-0.6
2008	Dec	3.1	7.1	0.0	-0.9
	Nov	3.0	7.1	0.0	-0.9
	Oct	3.1	7.1	0.0	-1.0
	Sep	3.1	7.1	0.0	-1.1
	Aug	3.1	7.1	-0.1	-1.2
	Jul	3.1	7.2	-0.1	-1.1
	Jun	3.1	7.3	-0.1	-1.1
	May	3.2	7.4	0.0	-1.1
	Apr	3.2	7.4	-0.1	-1.1
	Mar	3.2	7.5	-0.1	-1.1
	Feb	3.3	7.6	-0.2	-1.2
	Jan	3.4	7.8	-0.2	-1.1
2007	Dec	3.4	8.0	0.0	-1.1
	Nov	3.5	8.0	-0.1	-1.2
	Oct	3.5	8.1	-0.1	-1.3
	Sep	3.5	8.2	-0.1	-1.3
	Aug	3.6	8.3	0.0	-1.3
	Jul	3.6	8.3	-0.1	-1.4
	Jun	3.6	8.4	-0.1	-1.5
	May	3.6	8.5	0.0	-1.5
	Apr	3.7	8.5	-0.1	-1.7
	Mar	3.7	8.6	-0.2	-1.8
	Feb	3.8	8.8	-0.1	-1.7
	Jan	3.8	8.9	-0.2	-1.6
2006	Dec	3.9	9.1	-0.1	-1.2
	Nov	4.0	9.2	-0.2	-1.3
	Oct	4.0	9.4	-0.1	-1.2
	Sep	4.1	9.5	-0.1	-1.1
	Aug	4.1	9.6	-0.1	-1.1
	Jul	4.2	9.7	-0.2	-1.0
	Jun	4.2	9.9	-0.1	-0.8
	May	4.3	10.0	-0.2	-0.7
	Apr	4.4	10.2	-0.2	-0.5
	Mar	4.5	10.4	-0.1	-0.4
	Feb	4.5	10.5	0.0	-0.1
	Jan	4.5	10.5	0.2	0.0
2005	Dec	4.4	10.3	-0.2	-0.1
	Nov	4.5	10.5	-0.1	0.3
	Oct	4.6	10.6	0.0	0.6
	Sep	4.6	10.6	-0.1	0.7
	Aug	4.6	10.7	0.0	0.8
	Jul	4.6	10.7	0.0	0.9
	Jun	4.6	10.7	0.0	1.0
	May	4.6	10.7	0.0	1.1
	Apr	4.6	10.7	-0.1	1.2
	Mar	4.6	10.8	0.2	1.3
	Feb	4.6	10.6	0.1	1.2
	Jan	4.5	10.5	0.1	1.1
2004	Dec	4.5	10.4	0.2	1.0
	Nov	4.4	10.2	0.2	0.8
	Oct	4.3	10.0	0.1	0.6
	Sep	4.2	9.9	0.0	0.5
	Aug	4.2	9.9	0.1	0.6
	Jul	4.2	9.8	0.1	0.5
	Jun	4.1	9.7	0.1	0.4
	May	4.1	9.6	0.1	0.3
	Apr	4.1	9.5	0.0	0.2
	Mar	4.0	9.5	0.1	0.2
	Feb	4.0	9.4	0.0	0.2
	Jan	4.0	9.4	0.0	0.3
2003	Dec	4.0	9.4	0.0	0.5
	Nov	4.0	9.4	0.0	0.6
	Oct	4.0	9.4	0.0	0.8
	Sep	4.0	9.4	0.1	0.9
	Aug	4.0	9.3	0.0	0.8
	Jul	3.9	9.3	0.0	0.9
	Jun	3.9	9.3	0.0	0.9
	May	3.9	9.3	0.0	1.1
	Apr	3.9	9.3	0.0	1.3
	Mar	3.9	9.3	0.1	1.3
	Feb	3.9	9.2	0.1	1.2
	Jan	3.8	9.1	0.2	1.1
2002	Dec	3.8	8.9	0.1	1.0
	Nov	3.7	8.8	0.2	0.9
	Oct	3.6	8.6	0.1	0.8
	Sep	3.6	8.5	0.0	0.8
	Aug	3.6	8.5	0.1	0.9
	Jul	3.6	8.4	0.0	0.8
	Jun	3.5	8.4	0.2	0.8
	May	3.5	8.2	0.2	0.7
	Apr	3.4	8.0	0.0	0.5
	Mar	3.4	8.0	0.0	0.5
	Feb	3.4	8.0	0.0	0.6
	Jan	3.4	8.0	0.1	0.6
2001	Dec	3.3	7.9	0.0	0.5
	Nov	3.3	7.9	0.1	0.5
	Oct	3.3	7.8	0.1	0.4
	Sep	3.2	7.7	0.1	0.2
	Aug	3.2	7.6	0.0	0.1
	Jul	3.2	7.6	0.0	0.1
	Jun	3.2	7.6	0.1	0.1
	May	3.2	7.5	0.0	0.0
	Apr	3.1	7.5	0.0	-0.1
	Mar	3.1	7.5	0.1	-0.1
	Feb	3.1	7.4	0.0	-0.3
	Jan	3.1	7.4	0.0	-0.3
2000	Dec	3.1	7.4	0.0	-
	Nov	3.1	7.4	0.0	-
	Oct	3.1	7.4	-0.1	-
	Sep	3.1	7.5	0.0	-
	Aug	3.1	7.5	0.0	-
	Jul	3.1	7.5	0.0	-
	Jun	3.1	7.5	0.0	-
	May	3.1	7.5	-0.1	-
	Apr	3.2	7.6	0.0	-
	Mar	3.2	7.6	-0.1	-
	Feb	3.2	7.7	0.0	-
	Jan	3.2	7.7	-	-

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