Germany: Unemployment rate
Percent · 1887–2025 · 133 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp
- 2025
- 3.77%percent
- Change on 2024
- +0.4 pointsfrom 3.39%
- Average, 2016–2025
- 3.42%10 years
- Record high and low
- 17.2% (1932)low 0.20% (1887)
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| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 2.87 | Forecast |
| 2030 | 2.87 | Forecast |
| 2029 | 2.96 | Forecast |
| 2028 | 3.17 | Forecast |
| 2027 | 3.90 | Forecast |
| 2026 | 3.53 | Forecast |
| 2025 | 3.77 | |
| 2024 | 3.39 | |
| 2023 | 3.08 | |
| 2022 | 3.14 | |
| 2021 | 3.60 | |
| 2020 | 3.63 | |
| 2019 | 2.95 | |
| 2018 | 3.19 | |
| 2017 | 3.53 | |
| 2016 | 3.90 |
Sources
- Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1887–2020
- Holtfrerich1914–1923
- Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1925–1932
- Deutsche Bundesbank1925–1939
- Deutsche Bundesbank1969–1997
- IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
- IMF International Financial Statistics1983–2025
- AMECO (European Commission)1991–2025
- OECD Key Economic Indicators1991–2025
- World Bank Global Economic Monitor1991–2025
- OECD Economic Outlook1992–2025
- International Labour Organization2000–2023
- Eurostat2009–2025
- AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
- OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
- IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031
Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →
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