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%
Germany timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · une_rt_a