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Unemployment rate in Germany

How hard is it to have a job there?

Germany's unemployment rate is 3.71 % — #39 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

3.71%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Germany over time

11.19 %7.13 %3.07 %11.19 % · 20053.07 % · 20232000: 7.92 %2001: 7.77 %2002: 8.48 %2003: 9.78 %2004: 10.73 %2005: 11.19 %2006: 10.28 %2007: 8.73 %2008: 7.51 %2009: 7.88 %2010: 7.04 %2011: 5.97 %2012: 5.37 %2013: 5.32 %2014: 4.98 %2015: 4.61 %2016: 4.10 %2017: 3.78 %2018: 3.38 %2019: 3.16 %2020: 3.88 %2021: 3.59 %2022: 3.14 %2023: 3.07 %2024: 3.40 %2025: 3.71 %2000201220253.71 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#39 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
69 %
85 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.31 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
7.48 pp
peak 11.19 % in 2005
Full series
▼ 4.21 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #9 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −1.54 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Germany: ahead of 69 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentGermany 3.71 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Germany is ahead of 69 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Germany
37 Kyrgyzstan3.53 %−0.19 pp
38 Bulgaria3.54 %−0.17 pp
39 Germany3.71 %—
40 Malaysia3.76 %+0.05 pp
41 Bangladesh3.78 %+0.07 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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