Short-term indicators
Labour market

Registered unemployed
Germany
% changes 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 Jun 6.9 7.5 6.2 8.5 7.2
May 7.2 7.9 6.4 11.1 6.9
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 01 July 2025