Short-term indicators Unemployed in Germany
Unemployed, structural data, Germany. Tables with values and rates of change.
Value
| Year, month | Total | Male | Female | Juveniles of under 20 years of age |
Long-term unemployed |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source: Statistics of German Federal Employment Agency. | ||||||
| 2025 | Apr | 2,932 | 1,626 | 1,305 | 60 | 1,023 |
| Mar | 2,967 | 1,657 | 1,311 | 61 | 1,024 | |
| Feb | 2,989 | 1,673 | 1,317 | 63 | 1,018 | |
| Jan | 2,993 | 1,667 | 1,326 | 62 | 1,018 | |
| 2024 | Dec | 2,807 | 1,552 | 1,255 | 62 | 984 |
| Nov | 2,774 | 1,522 | 1,252 | 63 | 984 | |
| Oct | 2,791 | 1,524 | 1,267 | 67 | 985 | |
| Sep | 2,806 | 1,528 | 1,278 | 69 | 979 | |
| Aug | 2,872 | 1,558 | 1,314 | 76 | 982 | |
| Jul | 2,809 | 1,533 | 1,275 | 60 | 974 | |
| Jun | 2,727 | 1,499 | 1,228 | 53 | 965 | |
| May | 2,723 | 1,498 | 1,224 | 52 | 965 | |
| Apr | 2,750 | 1,513 | 1,237 | 54 | 966 | |
| Mar | 2,769 | 1,530 | 1,239 | 55 | 959 | |
| Feb | 2,814 | 1,557 | 1,257 | 56 | 961 | |
| Jan | 2,805 | 1,546 | 1,259 | 55 | 960 | |
| 2023 | Dec | 2,637 | 1,440 | 1,197 | 55 | 927 |
| Nov | 2,606 | 1,410 | 1,196 | 56 | 928 | |
| Oct | 2,607 | 1,403 | 1,204 | 59 | 928 | |
| Sep | 2,627 | 1,408 | 1,220 | 60 | 927 | |
| Aug | 2,696 | 1,438 | 1,258 | 68 | 929 | |
| Jul | 2,617 | 1,407 | 1,210 | 52 | 915 | |
| Jun | 2,555 | 1,383 | 1,172 | 46 | 908 | |
| May | 2,544 | 1,380 | 1,164 | 47 | 878 | |
| Apr | 2,586 | 1,403 | 1,183 | 48 | 885 | |
| Mar | 2,594 | 1,417 | 1,177 | 50 | 881 | |
| Feb | 2,620 | 1,436 | 1,184 | 50 | 883 | |
| Jan | 2,616 | 1,425 | 1,191 | 50 | 887 | |
| 2022 | Dec | 2,454 | 1,323 | 1,131 | 49 | 870 |
| Nov | 2,434 | 1,299 | 1,135 | 50 | 877 | |
| Oct | 2,442 | 1,293 | 1,150 | 54 | 881 | |
| Sep | 2,486 | 1,307 | 1,178 | 58 | 891 | |
| Aug | 2,547 | 1,333 | 1,214 | 64 | 901 | |
| Jul | 2,470 | 1,307 | 1,163 | 51 | 902 | |
| Jun | 2,363 | 1,271 | 1,092 | 43 | 906 | |
| May | 2,260 | 1,255 | 1,004 | 35 | 917 | |
| Apr | 2,309 | 1,287 | 1,022 | 36 | 934 | |
| Mar | 2,362 | 1,325 | 1,038 | 38 | 955 | |
| Feb | 2,428 | 1,368 | 1,060 | 39 | 973 | |
| Jan | 2,462 | 1,383 | 1,079 | 39 | 990 | |
| 2021 | Dec | 2,330 | 1,293 | 1,036 | 39 | 977 |
| Nov | 2,317 | 1,277 | 1,040 | 40 | 988 | |
| Oct | 2,377 | 1,304 | 1,073 | 43 | 1,008 | |
| Sep | 2,465 | 1,349 | 1,116 | 47 | 1,030 | |
| Aug | 2,578 | 1,409 | 1,169 | 55 | 1,046 | |
| Jul | 2,590 | 1,429 | 1,161 | 44 | 1,051 | |
| Jun | 2,614 | 1,451 | 1,163 | 40 | 1,060 | |
| May | 2,687 | 1,497 | 1,190 | 42 | 1,065 | |
| Apr | 2,771 | 1,550 | 1,221 | 44 | 1,069 | |
| Mar | 2,827 | 1,598 | 1,230 | 46 | 1,031 | |
| Feb | 2,904 | 1,652 | 1,252 | 48 | 1,010 | |
| Jan | 2,901 | 1,646 | 1,255 | 47 | 989 | |
| 2020 | Dec | 2,707 | 1,523 | 1,185 | 46 | 929 |
| Nov | 2,699 | 1,511 | 1,188 | 48 | 911 | |
| Oct | 2,760 | 1,544 | 1,216 | 52 | 898 | |
| Sep | 2,847 | 1,593 | 1,254 | 57 | 879 | |
| Aug | 2,955 | 1,650 | 1,305 | 65 | 863 | |
| Jul | 2,910 | 1,634 | 1,276 | 53 | 837 | |
| Jun | 2,853 | 1,609 | 1,244 | 49 | 808 | |
| May | 2,813 | 1,589 | 1,224 | 50 | 780 | |
| Apr | 2,644 | 1,498 | 1,146 | 47 | 751 | |
| Mar | 2,335 | 1,335 | 1,001 | 42 | 709 | |
| Feb | 2,396 | 1,375 | 1,021 | 43 | 714 | |
| Jan | 2,426 | 1,386 | 1,039 | 42 | 724 | |
As at April 30, 2025
Change on the previous year
| Year, month | Total | Male | Female | Juveniles of under 20 years of age |
Long-term unemployed |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source: Statistics of German Federal Employment Agency. | ||||||
| 2025 | Apr | 6.6 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 11.7 | 5.9 |
| Mar | 7.1 | 8.2 | 5.8 | 11.3 | 6.7 | |
| Feb | 6.2 | 7.4 | 4.8 | 11.1 | 6.0 | |
| Jan | 6.7 | 7.8 | 5.3 | 12.6 | 6.0 | |
| 2024 | Dec | 6.4 | 7.8 | 4.8 | 13.5 | 6.1 |
| Nov | 6.5 | 7.9 | 4.7 | 12.8 | 6.0 | |
| Oct | 7.0 | 8.6 | 5.2 | 13.0 | 6.2 | |
| Sep | 6.8 | 8.5 | 4.8 | 13.5 | 5.6 | |
| Aug | 6.5 | 8.4 | 4.4 | 11.9 | 5.7 | |
| Jul | 7.3 | 9.0 | 5.4 | 13.5 | 6.5 | |
| Jun | 6.7 | 8.4 | 4.7 | 13.7 | 6.2 | |
| May | 7.0 | 8.6 | 5.2 | 11.2 | 9.9 | |
| Apr | 6.3 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 10.4 | 9.2 | |
| Mar | 6.8 | 8.0 | 5.2 | 11.2 | 8.9 | |
| Feb | 7.4 | 8.5 | 6.1 | 12.5 | 8.8 | |
| Jan | 7.2 | 8.5 | 5.7 | 11.5 | 8.2 | |
| 2023 | Dec | 7.5 | 8.9 | 5.8 | 12.5 | 6.6 |
| Nov | 7.1 | 8.6 | 5.3 | 11.0 | 5.8 | |
| Oct | 6.7 | 8.5 | 4.7 | 9.7 | 5.2 | |
| Sep | 5.7 | 7.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.0 | |
| Aug | 5.8 | 7.9 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 3.1 | |
| Jul | 5.9 | 7.7 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 1.4 | |
| Jun | 8.1 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 0.2 | |
| May | 12.6 | 9.9 | 15.9 | 32.4 | -4.2 | |
| Apr | 12.0 | 9.0 | 15.7 | 33.0 | -5.3 | |
| Mar | 9.8 | 6.9 | 13.5 | 31.6 | -7.7 | |
| Feb | 7.9 | 5.0 | 11.7 | 30.1 | -9.2 | |
| Jan | 6.2 | 3.0 | 10.4 | 28.8 | -10.4 | |
| 2022 | Dec | 5.3 | 2.3 | 9.1 | 27.0 | -11.0 |
| Nov | 5.0 | 1.7 | 9.2 | 26.2 | -11.2 | |
| Oct | 2.8 | -0.9 | 7.1 | 25.1 | -12.6 | |
| Sep | 0.8 | -3.1 | 5.6 | 24.7 | -13.5 | |
| Aug | -1.2 | -5.4 | 3.8 | 16.9 | -13.9 | |
| Jul | -4.6 | -8.5 | 0.2 | 15.8 | -14.2 | |
| Jun | -9.6 | -12.4 | -6.1 | 9.0 | -14.6 | |
| May | -15.9 | -16.2 | -15.6 | -14.8 | -13.9 | |
| Apr | -16.7 | -17.0 | -16.3 | -16.6 | -12.6 | |
| Mar | -16.5 | -17.1 | -15.6 | -18.8 | -7.4 | |
| Feb | -16.4 | -17.2 | -15.3 | -20.2 | -3.7 | |
| Jan | -15.1 | -15.9 | -14.0 | -17.7 | 0.1 | |
| 2021 | Dec | -14.0 | -15.1 | -12.5 | -17.0 | 5.2 |
| Nov | -14.2 | -15.5 | -12.4 | -16.6 | 8.4 | |
| Oct | -13.9 | -15.5 | -11.8 | -17.1 | 12.3 | |
| Sep | -13.4 | -15.4 | -11.0 | -18.7 | 17.2 | |
| Aug | -12.8 | -14.6 | -10.4 | -15.4 | 21.3 | |
| Jul | -11.0 | -12.6 | -9.0 | -17.1 | 25.7 | |
| Jun | -8.4 | -9.9 | -6.5 | -19.3 | 31.3 | |
| May | -4.5 | -5.8 | -2.8 | -16.7 | 36.6 | |
| Apr | 4.8 | 3.5 | 6.6 | -6.5 | 42.3 | |
| Mar | 21.1 | 19.7 | 22.9 | 11.0 | 45.5 | |
| Feb | 21.2 | 20.2 | 22.7 | 13.3 | 41.4 | |
| Jan | 19.6 | 18.7 | 20.8 | 11.1 | 36.7 | |
| 2020 | Dec | 21.6 | 21.6 | 21.5 | 11.7 | 33.2 |
| Nov | 23.8 | 24.6 | 22.8 | 13.6 | 30.5 | |
| Oct | 25.2 | 26.9 | 23.1 | 17.5 | 26.5 | |
| Sep | 27.4 | 29.7 | 24.7 | 18.4 | 23.3 | |
| Aug | 27.4 | 30.1 | 24.2 | 15.3 | 19.2 | |
| Jul | 27.9 | 30.5 | 24.7 | 12.9 | 16.0 | |
| Jun | 28.7 | 31.0 | 25.9 | 27.5 | 11.5 | |
| May | 25.8 | 27.8 | 23.3 | 30.2 | 6.3 | |
| Apr | 18.6 | 20.2 | 16.6 | 19.4 | 2.5 | |
| Mar | 1.5 | 2.8 | -0.2 | 2.4 | -5.0 | |
| Feb | 1.0 | 1.9 | -0.3 | 2.1 | -5.5 | |
| Jan | 0.8 | 2.0 | -0.7 | 2.2 | -6.5 | |
As at April 30, 2025
Change on the previous period
| Year, month | Total | Male | Female | Juveniles of under 20 years of age |
Long-term unemployed |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source: Statistics of German Federal Employment Agency. | ||||||
| 2025 | Apr | -1.2 | -1.8 | -0.4 | -2.6 | -0.1 |
| Mar | -0.7 | -1.0 | -0.5 | -1.9 | 0.5 | |
| Feb | -0.1 | 0.3 | -0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
| Jan | 6.6 | 7.4 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 3.4 | |
| 2024 | Dec | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | -1.0 | 0.0 |
| Nov | -0.6 | -0.1 | -1.1 | -5.2 | -0.1 | |
| Oct | -0.6 | -0.3 | -0.9 | -2.9 | 0.6 | |
| Sep | -2.3 | -1.9 | -2.7 | -9.3 | -0.3 | |
| Aug | 2.2 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 26.9 | 0.8 | |
| Jul | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 13.0 | 0.9 | |
| Jun | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | |
| May | -1.0 | -1.0 | -1.0 | -2.6 | -0.1 | |
| Apr | -0.7 | -1.2 | -0.2 | -3.0 | 0.7 | |
| Mar | -1.6 | -1.7 | -1.4 | -2.1 | -0.1 | |
| Feb | 0.3 | 0.7 | -0.2 | 1.6 | 0.1 | |
| Jan | 6.4 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 0.8 | 3.5 | |
| 2023 | Dec | 1.2 | 2.1 | 0.1 | -1.6 | -0.1 |
| Nov | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.7 | -5.0 | 0.1 | |
| Oct | -0.8 | -0.3 | -1.3 | -2.5 | 0.1 | |
| Sep | -2.5 | -2.1 | -3.1 | -10.6 | -0.2 | |
| Aug | 3.0 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 28.7 | 1.5 | |
| Jul | 2.4 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 13.2 | 0.7 | |
| Jun | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | -1.0 | 3.4 | |
| May | -1.6 | -1.6 | -1.6 | -3.3 | -0.7 | |
| Apr | -0.3 | -1.0 | 0.5 | -2.3 | 0.4 | |
| Mar | -1.0 | -1.3 | -0.6 | -1.0 | -0.2 | |
| Feb | 0.2 | 0.7 | -0.5 | 0.8 | -0.4 | |
| Jan | 6.6 | 7.8 | 5.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | |
| 2022 | Dec | 0.8 | 1.9 | -0.4 | -2.9 | -0.8 |
| Nov | -0.3 | 0.4 | -1.2 | -6.2 | -0.5 | |
| Oct | -1.7 | -1.1 | -2.5 | -7.7 | -1.0 | |
| Sep | -2.4 | -1.9 | -2.9 | -9.7 | -1.1 | |
| Aug | 3.1 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 27.2 | -0.2 | |
| Jul | 4.5 | 2.8 | 6.6 | 17.0 | -0.4 | |
| Jun | 4.6 | 1.3 | 8.7 | 22.5 | -1.2 | |
| May | -2.1 | -2.4 | -1.8 | -2.8 | -1.8 | |
| Apr | -2.2 | -2.8 | -1.5 | -3.3 | -2.2 | |
| Mar | -2.7 | -3.2 | -2.1 | -2.2 | -1.8 | |
| Feb | -1.4 | -1.1 | -1.7 | -0.3 | -1.7 | |
| Jan | 5.7 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | |
| 2021 | Dec | 0.5 | 1.3 | -0.4 | -3.5 | -1.1 |
| Nov | -2.5 | -2.1 | -3.0 | -7.0 | -2.0 | |
| Oct | -3.6 | -3.3 | -3.9 | -8.0 | -2.1 | |
| Sep | -4.4 | -4.3 | -4.5 | -15.4 | -1.6 | |
| Aug | -0.5 | -1.4 | 0.7 | 26.0 | -0.5 | |
| Jul | -0.9 | -1.5 | -0.1 | 10.0 | -0.9 | |
| Jun | -2.7 | -3.1 | -2.3 | -4.2 | -0.4 | |
| May | -3.0 | -3.4 | -2.6 | -4.9 | -0.4 | |
| Apr | -2.0 | -3.0 | -0.7 | -5.8 | 3.6 | |
| Mar | -2.6 | -3.3 | -1.8 | -3.9 | 2.1 | |
| Feb | 0.1 | 0.4 | -0.2 | 2.8 | 2.1 | |
| Jan | 7.1 | 8.1 | 5.9 | 1.0 | 6.5 | |
| 2020 | Dec | 0.3 | 0.8 | -0.3 | -3.0 | 1.9 |
| Nov | -2.2 | -2.1 | -2.3 | -7.5 | 1.5 | |
| Oct | -3.1 | -3.1 | -3.0 | -9.8 | 2.2 | |
| Sep | -3.7 | -3.5 | -3.9 | -12.0 | 1.8 | |
| Aug | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 23.6 | 3.1 | |
| Jul | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 7.1 | 3.6 | |
| Jun | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | -1.2 | 3.6 | |
| May | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 3.8 | |
| Apr | 13.2 | 12.2 | 14.5 | 11.8 | 5.9 | |
| Mar | -2.5 | -2.9 | -2.0 | -1.9 | -0.8 | |
| Feb | -1.2 | -0.8 | -1.8 | 0.9 | -1.3 | |
| Jan | 8.9 | 10.7 | 6.6 | 1.6 | 3.8 | |
As at April 30, 2025