Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2024, Germany's unemployment by sex and age increased by 9.7% compared to 2023, reaching 3.4%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 5.9%.

Germany ranks 24th 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 17.2% (from 2.9% in 2019).

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