Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2023, Germany's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 1.7% compared to 2022, reaching 5.9%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 14.6%.

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 10.6% (from 6.6% in 2018).

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