Press release No. 202 of 29 May 2019
Number of persons in employment up 1.1% year on year
WIESBADEN – In April 2019, slightly more than 45 million persons resident in Germany were in employment according to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Compared with April 2018, the number of persons in employment increased by 1.1% (+488,000). This year-on-year change rate is the same as in the first three months of 2019. The number of unemployed was down both year-on-year and month-on-month. In April 2019, 1.38 million people were unemployed, 135,000 fewer than a year earlier.
Smaller increase compared with the average of the past five years
According to provisional results of the employment accounts, the number of persons in employment rose by 138,000, or 0.3%, in April 2019 on the previous month. However, the month-on-month increase was smaller than the relevant average for April in the past five years (+151,000 people). After seasonal adjustment, that is, after the elimination of the usual seasonal fluctuations, the number of persons in employment increased by 32,000, or 0.1%, in April 2019 on March 2019.
Adjusted unemployment rate unchanged at 3.2% in April 2019
Results of the labour force survey show that 1.38 million people were unemployed in April 2019. The number declined by 119,000 compared with March 2019. Adjusted for seasonal and irregular effects, the number of unemployed also stood at 1.38 million in April 2019, which was a decline of 11,200 on a month earlier. The adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.2% in April 2019.
| Year | Month | Original values | Seasonally adjusted 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| persons | change on previous month | change on the same month of the previous year | persons | change on previous month | ||
| in million | in % | in million | in % | |||
| 1 Results of employment accounts as part of national accounting: persons in employment whose place of residence is in Germany (resident concept). The respective time series for persons in employment whose place of work is in Germany (domestic concept) are presented here. 2 Seasonal adjustment by Census X-12-Arima. | ||||||
| 2016 | January | 42.964 | -0.9 | 1.3 | 43.264 | 0.0 |
| February | 43.038 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 43.324 | 0.1 | |
| March | 43.207 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 43.393 | 0.2 | |
| April | 43.347 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 43.425 | 0.1 | |
| May | 43.479 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 43.474 | 0.1 | |
| June | 43.568 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 43.530 | 0.1 | |
| July | 43.535 | -0.1 | 1.2 | 43.534 | 0.0 | |
| August | 43.631 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 43.613 | 0.2 | |
| September | 43.870 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 43.685 | 0.2 | |
| October | 43.972 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 43.726 | 0.1 | |
| November | 44.057 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 43.789 | 0.1 | |
| December | 43.929 | -0.3 | 1.4 | 43.855 | 0.2 | |
| 2017 | January | 43.596 | -0.8 | 1.5 | 43.889 | 0.1 |
| February | 43.667 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 43.947 | 0.1 | |
| March | 43.821 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 44.000 | 0.1 | |
| April | 43.962 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 44.036 | 0.1 | |
| May | 44.083 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 44.077 | 0.1 | |
| June | 44.177 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 44.138 | 0.1 | |
| July | 44.183 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 44.188 | 0.1 | |
| August | 44.245 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 44.228 | 0.1 | |
| September | 44.455 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 44.274 | 0.1 | |
| October | 44.543 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 44.307 | 0.1 | |
| November | 44.631 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 44.364 | 0.1 | |
| December | 44.502 | -0.3 | 1.3 | 44.426 | 0.1 | |
| 2018 | January | 44.244 | -0.6 | 1.5 | 44.530 | 0.2 |
| February | 44.290 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 44.565 | 0.1 | |
| March | 44.402 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 44.579 | 0.0 | |
| April | 44.547 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 44.620 | 0.1 | |
| May | 44.676 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 44.668 | 0.1 | |
| June | 44.719 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 44.681 | 0.0 | |
| July | 44.721 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 44.729 | 0.1 | |
| August | 44.784 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 44.769 | 0.1 | |
| September | 44.965 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 44.787 | 0.0 | |
| October | 45.072 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 44.840 | 0.1 | |
| November | 45.160 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 44.894 | 0.1 | |
| December | 45.019 | -0.3 | 1.2 | 44.943 | 0.1 | |
| 2019 | January | 44.724 | -0.7 | 1.1 | 45.003 | 0.1 |
| February | 44.770 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 45.041 | 0.1 | |
| March | 44.897 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 45.076 | 0.1 | |
| April | 45.035 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 45.108 | 0.1 | |
| April 2019 | Previous month | Same month of the previous year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Change | April 2018 | Change | ||
| 1 Persons in households aged 15 to 74 years. 2 Share of unemployed in the labour force (persons in employment and unemployed) aged 15 to 74 years. 3 Share of persons in employment in all persons aged 15 to 74 years. 4 Trend cycle component (X-13-ARIMA method using JDemetra+; calculation by Eurostat). | |||||
| Original values | |||||
| in million | in % | in million | in % | ||
| Unemployed persons | 1.38 | 1.50 | -8.0 | 1.51 | -8.6 |
| Persons in employment | 41.86 | 41.86 | 0.0 | 41.20 | 1.6 |
| shares in % | in % | shares in % | in % | ||
| Unemployment rate 2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | -8.6 | 3.5 | -8.6 |
| Employment rate 3 | 67.7 | 67.7 | 0.0 | 66.6 | 1.7 |
| Adjusted results 4 | |||||
| in million | in % | in million | in % | ||
| Unemployed persons | 1.38 | 1.39 | -0.7 | 1.48 | -6.8 |
| Persons in employment | 42.15 | 42.09 | 0.1 | 41.64 | 1.2 |
| shares in % | in percentage points | shares in % | in percentage points | ||
| Unemployment rate 2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 3.4 | -0.2 |
| Men | 3.4 | 3.5 | -0.1 | 3.9 | -0.5 |
| Women | 2.9 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| Persons aged under 25 years | 5.3 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 6.4 | -1.1 |
| Persons aged 25 to 74 years | 2.9 | 3.0 | -0.1 | 3.1 | -0.2 |
| Employment rate 3 | 68.1 | 68.0 | 0.1 | 67.3 | 0.8 |
Methodological notes:
Detailed data and long time series are available from the GENESIS-Online database. The data on persons in employment from employment accounts are available in tables 13321-0001 (months) and 13321-0002 (quarters) and 81000-0011 (years). Data on persons in employment and unemployed persons from the labour force survey can be found in tables 13231-0001 to 13231-0003 (months)
The number of persons in employment as obtained in the employment accounts and that from the labour force survey differ. The differences are due to the different conceptual approaches applied in the two statistical systems.
Persons in employment and unemployed persons are counted according to the employment status concept of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Therefore, unemployment as shown here must not be confused with registered unemployment as published by the Federal Employment Agency in accordance with the Social Code. In the European Statistical System, the results of the labour force survey are used as a standard basis for calculating unemployment rates.
