DE · 2017 · une_rt_a

Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

Germany, 2017

Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
7.2%
Germany, 2017
▼ 4.0% vs 2016 (7.5%)
Analysis

In 2017, Germany's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 4.0% compared to 2016, reaching 7.2%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 18.5%.

Germany ranks 27th 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 16.3% (from 8.6% in 2012).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#27 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
38.9%
EU-27: 18.5%
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