DE · 2020 · tesem170

Nominal unit labour cost growth

Germany, 2020

Nominal unit labour cost growth
3.80
Germany, 2020
▲ 18.7% vs 2019 (3.20)
Analysis

In 2020, Germany's nominal unit labour cost growth increased by 18.7% compared to 2019, reaching 3.80.

Germany accounts for 88.4% of the EU-27 total of 4.30.

Germany ranks 19th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 81.0% (from 2.10 in 2015).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem170, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#19 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 2020
88.4%
EU-27: 4.30
Germany timeline (last 15 years)
2009 2025