DE · 2017 · une_rt_a
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
Germany, 2017
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
3.5%
Germany, 2017
▼ 10.3% vs 2016 (3.9%)
Analysis
In 2017, Germany's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 10.3% compared to 2016, reaching 3.5%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 8.3%.
Germany ranks 26th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 31.4% (from 5.1% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset une_rt_a, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#26 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
42.2%
EU-27: 8.3%
Germany timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · une_rt_a