Long-term unemployment rate by sex

In 2025, Germany's long-term unemployment rate by sex increased by 22.2% compared to 2024, reaching 4.40.

Germany accounts for 57.9% of the EU-27 total of 7.60.

Germany ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.0% (from 4.40 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem130, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.