Short-term indicators Unemployed in East Germany

Unemployed, structural data, East Germany. Tables with values and rates of change.

Value

Registered unemployed
New Länder and Berlin
1,000
Year, month Total Male Female Juveniles of
under 20 years
of age		 Long-term
unemployed
Source: Statistics of German Federal Employment Agency.
2025 Apr 676 380 297 16 235
Mar 684 387 298 16 235
Feb 689 390 299 16 235
Jan 689 388 301 16 234
2024 Dec 648 363 285 16 227
Nov 639 355 283 16 226
Oct 641 355 286 17 226
Sep 642 355 287 17 224
Aug 653 359 294 18 225
Jul 646 357 289 16 224
Jun 629 351 278 14 222
May 631 353 279 14 223
Apr 640 357 282 14 223
Mar 648 364 284 15 222
Feb 658 369 288 15 222
Jan 656 367 290 14 222
2023 Dec 615 342 274 14 214
Nov 605 333 272 14 213
Oct 606 332 274 15 213
Sep 608 332 276 15 212
Aug 626 339 287 17 213
Jul 607 331 276 14 210
Jun 593 326 266 12 209
May 595 329 266 13 203
Apr 607 335 271 13 205
Mar 611 340 271 13 204
Feb 617 344 273 13 206
Jan 615 341 274 13 207
2022 Dec 576 317 259 12 203
Nov 567 309 258 13 204
Oct 568 308 260 13 205
Sep 575 309 266 14 207
Aug 591 316 276 16 210
Jul 576 310 266 13 211
Jun 553 304 249 12 213
May 534 302 232 10 216
Apr 548 311 237 10 221
Mar 562 321 241 11 227
Feb 577 331 246 11 231
Jan 583 333 249 10 235
2021 Dec 549 312 237 10 231
Nov 538 303 235 11 232
Oct 551 310 241 12 237
Sep 569 319 250 12 242
Aug 591 330 261 14 247
Jul 599 336 263 12 249
Jun 605 342 264 11 251
May 628 356 272 12 253
Apr 648 368 281 12 255
Mar 661 379 282 13 244
Feb 676 389 287 13 237
Jan 672 386 286 12 231
2020 Dec 625 357 268 12 216
Nov 617 350 267 13 210
Oct 625 354 271 13 206
Sep 642 363 279 14 201
Aug 665 375 291 16 198
Jul 663 375 288 14 192
Jun 656 373 283 13 186
May 653 371 281 13 180
Apr 615 352 263 12 173
Mar 546 316 230 11 163
Feb 564 327 237 11 165
Jan 573 331 242 11 167

As at April 30, 2025

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Change on the previous year

Registered unemployed
New Länder and Berlin
% 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 Apr 5.8 6.2 5.2 9.8 5.4
Mar 5.6 6.3 4.7 10.0 6.0
Feb 4.8 5.6 3.7 9.2 5.7
Jan 4.9 5.8 3.8 11.4 5.8
2024 Dec 5.3 6.3 4.1 13.8 6.2
Nov 5.5 6.5 4.2 14.1 6.2
Oct 5.9 7.0 4.5 13.8 6.4
Sep 5.5 6.8 4.0 10.3 5.6
Aug 4.4 6.0 2.3 5.8 5.4
Jul 6.5 7.8 4.9 14.5 6.5
Jun 6.1 7.4 4.5 14.5 6.3
May 6.1 7.2 4.8 11.8 9.7
Apr 5.4 6.6 4.0 10.7 8.7
Mar 6.0 7.0 4.7 12.9 8.7
Feb 6.6 7.4 5.5 13.6 7.9
Jan 6.8 7.5 5.8 13.5 7.1
2023 Dec 6.9 7.8 5.8 15.6 5.1
Nov 6.8 7.9 5.5 14.3 4.4
Oct 6.6 7.8 5.2 13.0 3.9
Sep 5.8 7.4 4.0 10.7 2.5
Aug 5.8 7.4 3.9 9.9 1.5
Jul 5.4 6.9 3.8 10.1 -0.4
Jun 7.1 7.4 6.8 7.1 -2.1
May 11.4 8.7 14.8 25.6 -6.2
Apr 10.8 7.9 14.6 25.9 -7.4
Mar 8.7 5.8 12.6 22.6 -10.0
Feb 6.9 3.9 11.0 22.8 -10.9
Jan 5.5 2.3 9.9 22.1 -11.8
2022 Dec 4.8 1.7 8.9 20.4 -12.1
Nov 5.4 1.9 9.9 18.3 -12.0
Oct 3.1 -0.5 7.9 14.4 -13.5
Sep 1.0 -3.0 6.2 18.4 -14.5
Aug 0.1 -4.3 5.7 13.1 -14.8
Jul -3.9 -7.6 0.9 8.8 -15.1
Jun -8.6 -11.0 -5.4 5.0 -15.1
May -14.9 -14.9 -15.0 -13.1 -14.6
Apr -15.6 -15.5 -15.7 -14.6 -13.1
Mar -15.0 -15.2 -14.6 -15.2 -7.1
Feb -14.6 -15.0 -14.1 -17.1 -2.6
Jan -13.3 -13.7 -12.9 -16.5 1.8
2021 Dec -12.2 -12.7 -11.5 -17.1 7.0
Nov -12.8 -13.4 -12.0 -16.7 10.3
Oct -11.9 -12.5 -11.0 -13.7 15.0
Sep -11.4 -12.2 -10.3 -18.5 20.3
Aug -11.2 -12.0 -10.1 -13.6 24.9
Jul -9.6 -10.4 -8.6 -11.6 29.4
Jun -7.8 -8.4 -7.0 -13.3 34.8
May -3.8 -4.3 -3.1 -9.5 40.5
Apr 5.4 4.5 6.6 0.2 47.3
Mar 21.0 20.0 22.5 15.1 50.3
Feb 19.8 19.0 20.9 15.7 43.8
Jan 17.3 16.7 18.2 15.1 37.7
2020 Dec 18.7 18.9 18.5 16.4 33.3
Nov 20.3 21.1 19.3 18.7 29.8
Oct 20.7 22.1 19.0 22.9 25.1
Sep 23.1 24.5 21.4 22.5 21.7
Aug 23.0 24.8 20.8 16.0 17.1
Jul 23.1 25.2 20.5 7.1 13.9
Jun 24.2 25.4 22.6 21.5 8.8
May 21.4 22.1 20.4 23.1 3.5
Apr 13.7 14.2 12.9 14.1 -1.3
Mar -3.8 -3.1 -4.8 -1.1 -9.7
Feb -4.6 -4.2 -5.0 -1.2 -10.3
Jan -4.4 -3.7 -5.3 -0.7 -10.9

As at April 30, 2025

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Change on the previous period

Registered unemployed
New Länder and Berlin
% changes on the previous month
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 -1.9 -0.3 -3.1 -0.1
Mar -0.7 -0.8 -0.5 0.1 0.3
Feb 0.0 0.5 -0.7 0.4 0.1
Jan 6.3 6.8 5.7 -1.3 3.4
2024 Dec 1.5 2.3 0.5 -0.2 0.1
Nov -0.4 0.1 -1.1 -3.6 0.0
Oct -0.1 0.1 -0.3 1.8 0.9
Sep -1.7 -1.3 -2.1 -8.1 -0.2
Aug 1.0 0.6 1.5 10.7 0.4
Jul 2.8 1.9 3.9 15.1 1.0
Jun -0.4 -0.6 -0.1 0.9 -0.4
May -1.3 -1.3 -1.2 -1.3 -0.1
Apr -1.3 -1.7 -0.8 -2.9 0.4
Mar -1.4 -1.4 -1.4 -0.6 0.1
Feb 0.2 0.7 -0.5 2.4 0.1
Jan 6.7 7.3 6.0 0.9 3.8
2023 Dec 1.6 2.5 0.6 0.1 0.2
Nov -0.1 0.5 -0.8 -3.9 0.2
Oct -0.4 -0.1 -0.8 -1.3 0.1
Sep -2.8 -2.0 -3.7 -11.9 -0.4
Aug 3.1 2.3 4.0 19.8 1.4
Jul 2.4 1.5 3.5 15.1 0.9
Jun -0.4 -0.8 0.1 -1.4 2.8
May -1.9 -1.9 -1.9 -2.3 -1.0
Apr -0.8 -1.3 -0.1 -1.0 0.3
Mar -0.9 -1.1 -0.7 0.0 -0.7
Feb 0.3 0.8 -0.3 2.4 -0.6
Jan 6.8 7.5 6.0 2.7 1.9
2022 Dec 1.5 2.6 0.3 -1.1 -0.5
Nov -0.2 0.4 -1.0 -5.0 -0.4
Oct -1.1 -0.4 -1.9 -3.3 -1.1
Sep -2.8 -2.0 -3.7 -12.5 -1.5
Aug 2.7 1.8 3.9 19.9 -0.4
Jul 4.0 2.0 6.5 12.1 -0.9
Jun 3.6 0.5 7.6 15.6 -1.5
May -2.4 -2.7 -2.1 -2.1 -2.2
Apr -2.6 -3.3 -1.8 -3.5 -2.5
Mar -2.5 -2.8 -2.1 0.1 -1.6
Feb -1.0 -0.8 -1.2 1.8 -1.7
Jan 6.1 7.0 5.0 1.3 1.5
2021 Dec 2.0 2.7 1.2 -2.9 -0.3
Nov -2.3 -2.0 -2.8 -8.0 -2.1
Oct -3.1 -2.9 -3.5 0.0 -2.3
Sep -3.7 -3.4 -4.2 -16.4 -1.9
Aug -1.3 -1.7 -0.8 15.3 -0.8
Jul -1.0 -1.8 -0.1 8.1 -0.8
Jun -3.6 -3.9 -3.3 -4.3 -1.0
May -3.1 -3.3 -2.9 -3.9 -0.5
Apr -2.0 -3.0 -0.6 -4.2 4.2
Mar -2.1 -2.6 -1.5 -2.1 3.2
Feb 0.5 0.8 0.2 2.5 2.7
Jan 7.5 8.2 6.6 0.6 6.8
2020 Dec 1.4 1.9 0.7 -2.4 2.7
Nov -1.3 -1.0 -1.8 -4.7 2.0
Oct -2.6 -2.6 -2.6 -5.6 2.3
Sep -3.5 -3.1 -4.1 -11.4 1.9
Aug 0.4 0.1 0.9 18.1 2.8
Jul 1.0 0.4 1.7 6.0 3.4
Jun 0.6 0.4 0.8 -0.1 3.2
May 6.1 5.6 6.7 6.5 4.3
Apr 12.6 11.4 14.3 10.1 6.4
Mar -3.1 -3.4 -2.8 -1.5 -1.3
Feb -1.5 -1.2 -2.0 2.0 -1.6
Jan 8.8 10.2 6.9 1.7 3.3

As at April 30, 2025

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