Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2025, Germany's unemployment by sex and age increased by 11.8% compared to 2024, reaching 3.8%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 6.0%.

Germany ranks 23rd 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 5.6% (from 3.6% in 2020).

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