| Year | Germany | Former territory of the Federal Republic excluding Berlin |
New Länder including Berlin |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployed | Unemployment rate1 |
Unemployed | Unemployment rate1 |
Unemployed | Unemployment rate1 |
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| 1: Unemployment rate related to total civil-sector work force. Source: Federal Employment Agency, Nürnberg |
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| 2024 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 4.2 |
| 2023 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 7.5 |
| 2022 | -7.5 | -7.0 | -7.8 | -7.4 | -6.6 | -5.6 |
| 2021 | -3.0 | -3.4 | -3.3 | -3.6 | -2.1 | -2.7 |
| 2020 | 18.9 | 18.0 | 20.4 | 19.1 | 14.1 | 14.1 |
| 2019 | -3.1 | -3.8 | -2.0 | -2.1 | -6.5 | -7.2 |
| 2018 | -7.6 | -8.8 | -7.2 | -9.4 | -8.9 | -9.2 |
| 2017 | -5.9 | -6.6 | -4.3 | -5.4 | -10.4 | -10.6 |
| 2016 | -3.7 | -4.7 | -2.1 | -1.8 | -8.0 | -7.6 |
| 2015 | -3.6 | -4.5 | -2.6 | -3.4 | -6.0 | -6.1 |
| 2014 | -1.8 | -2.9 | -0.3 | -1.7 | -5.3 | -4.9 |
| 2013 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 1.7 | -3.0 | -3.7 |
| 2012 | -2.7 | -4.2 | -1.3 | -1.7 | -5.6 | -5.3 |
| 2011 | -8.1 | -7.8 | -9.0 | -9.1 | -6.1 | -5.8 |
| 2010 | -5.2 | -4.9 | -3.7 | -4.3 | -8.1 | -7.7 |
| 2009 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 8.2 | 7.8 | -1.7 | -0.8 |
| 2008 | -13.3 | -13.3 | -13.6 | -13.5 | -12.8 | -12.7 |
| 2007 | -16.2 | -18.2 | -17.7 | -18.7 | -13.2 | -13.3 |
| 2006 | -7.7 | -6.0 | -7.4 | -8.1 | -8.3 | -7.5 |
| 2005 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 16.7 | 16.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
| 2004 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | -1.5 | -0.5 |
| 2003 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 2002 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 7.7 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 2.3 |
| 2001 | -1.0 | -2.1 | -2.5 | -5.3 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 2000 | -5.1 | -8.6 | -8.6 | -11.6 | 0.9 | -1.2 |
| 1999 | -4.2 | -5.4 | -5.3 | -6.5 | -2.2 | -2.8 |
| 1998 | -2.4 | -2.6 | -4.1 | -4.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
| 1997 | 10.6 | 9.6 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 14.8 | 14.2 |
| 1996 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 9.0 | 9.9 | 11.3 | 11.5 |
| 1995 | -2.3 | -2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -6.8 | -6.1 |
| 1994 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 12.9 | - | 0.2 | - |
| 1993 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 26.5 | - | -0.8 | - |
| 1992 | 14.5 | - | 6.4 | - | 27.2 | - |
As at 08 January 2025