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Germany annual unemployment and employment figures

Name: Germany annual unemployment and employment figures
Creator: Deutsche Bundesbank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Annual averages of German registered unemployment, employment, employees subject to social security contributions, vacancies and short-time work.

Source: Deutsche BundesbankLast updated: Sep 14, 2026, 11:13Curated by Bui Thanh Phuc

Indicator	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990	1989	1988	1987	1986	1985	1984	1983	1982	1981	1980	1979	1978	1977	1976	1975	1974	1973	1972	1971	1970	1969	1968	1967	1966	1965	1964	1963	1962	1961	1960	1959	1958	1957	1956	1955	1954	1953	1952	1951	1950
Employment1
Employed persons according to ESA 2010, Domestic concept, Absolute value2	45,878	45,960	45,909	45,622	45,041	44,965	45,291	44,878	44,290	43,686	43,137	42,756	42,378	42,065	41,570	41,099	40,903	40,851	40,281	39,608	39,322	39,362	39,237	39,666	39,859	39,971	39,120	38,495	38,040	38,057	38,042	37,879	37,862	38,360	38,871
Employees subject to social security contributions, Total, Absolute value3	34,962,851	34,934,486	34,790,058	34,507,359	33,897,417	33,579,123	33,518,289	32,964,195	32,234,350	31,508,445	30,823,092	30,196,720	29,713,028	29,341,001	28,687,167	28,008,478	27,728,916	27,746,953	27,134,109	26,535,403	26,350,884	26,589,515	27,001,061	27,713,508	27,882,132	27,878,441
Employees subject to social security contributions, Secondary sector, Absolute value	9,215,762	9,360,773	9,424,522	9,399,944	9,344,316	9,394,764	9,479,355	9,348,736	9,146,276	9,027,621	8,937,690	8,860,137	8,783,222	8,739,329	8,580,098	8,422,420	8,514,315	8,653,983
Employees subject to social security contributions, Tertiary sector excluding hiring out of labour, Absolute value	24,943,662	24,711,357	24,429,805	24,135,272	23,602,453	23,277,311	23,042,771	22,532,190	21,979,651	21,407,450	20,839,972	20,331,817	19,957,875	19,603,781	19,094,006	18,696,495	18,453,977	18,201,101
Employees subject to social security contributions, N 78.2, N 78.3 Hiring out of labour, Absolute value	556,322	614,862	687,241	721,472	701,869	660,163	750,569	840,020	868,421	834,456	806,461	769,906	742,857	772,989	793,779	674,610	545,583	675,587
Persons working exclusively in low-paid part-time jobs, Total, Absolute value	4,121,366	4,180,239	4,197,977	4,124,569	4,100,721	4,289,708	4,578,952	4,671,481	4,740,495	4,803,861	4,855,714	5,029,136	5,016,787	4,980,677	5,013,547	5,024,939	5,043,197	4,993,722	4,977,929	4,927,763	4,859,988	4,833,729	4,362,470	4,256,432	4,245,484
Short-time work1
Short-time workers, Social Security Code III, Absolute value1	297,318	298,069	240,846	425,571	1,851,802	2,938,786	145,276	117,659	113,552	127,811	129,625	133,604	190,845	170,529	157,882	502,682	1,144,407	101,540	68,317	66,981	125,505	150,575	195,353	206,767	122,942	86,052	118,647	115,205	182,853	277,294	198,580	372,288	948,363	653,016	1,761,232
Short-time workers, basis for entitlement according to section 96 only, Social Security Code III, Absolute value	210,112	210,219	146,892	336,638	1,744,098	2,847,044	59,821	25,060	24,267	42,086	44,410	49,429	76,522	66,534	100,339	429,138	1,078,367	57,692	26,405	54,005	103,270	122,263	167,074	174,047	93,509	58,656	97,340	75,071	127,745	204,353	151,567	331,603	890,227	567,446	1,422,718
Unemployment2
Unemployment registered pursuant to section 16 Social Security Code III, Social Security Code III and Social Security Code II, Absolute value1	2,948,092	2,787,112	2,608,672	2,418,133	2,613,489	2,695,444	2,266,720	2,340,082	2,532,837	2,690,975	2,794,664	2,898,388	2,950,338	2,897,126	2,976,488	3,238,965	3,414,992	3,258,954	3,760,586	4,487,305	4,860,909	4,381,281	4,376,795	4,061,345	3,852,564	3,889,695	4,100,499	4,280,630	4,384,456	3,965,064	3,611,921	3,698,057	3,419,141	2,978,570	2,602,203
Unemployment registered pursuant to section 16 Social Security Code III, Social Security Code III, Absolute value	1,099,432	980,021	874,560	808,069	998,640	1,136,762	826,959	801,929	855,431	821,824	858,610	933,224	969,619	902,342	892,502	1,075,851	1,190,197	1,006,750	1,245,531	1,662,700	2,091,008
Unemployment registered pursuant to section 16 Social Security Code III, Social Security Code III and Social Security Code II, Rate1	6.3	6	5.7	5.3	5.7	5.9	5	5.2	5.7	6.1	6.4	6.7	6.9	6.8	7.1	7.7	8.1	7.8	9	10.8	11.7	10.5	10.5	9.8	9.4	9.6	10.5	11.1	11.4	10.4	9.4	9.6	8.9	7.7
Unemployment registered pursuant to section 16 Social Security Code III, West Germany, Social Security Code III and Social Security Code II, Rate	5.9	5.6	5.3	5	5.4	5.6	4.7	4.8	5.2	5.6	5.7	5.9	6.1	5.9	6	6.6	6.9	6.4	7.4	9.1	9.9	8.5	8.4	7.6	7.2	7.6	8.6	9.2	9.6	8.9	8.1	8.1	7.3	5.9	5.7	7.2	7.9	8.7	8.9	9	9.3	9.1	9.1	7.5	5.5	3.8	3.8	4.3	4.5	4.6	4.7	2.6	1.2	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.9	1.5	2.1	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8	1.3	2.6	3.7	3.7	4.4	5.6	7.6	8.4	9.5	10.4	11
Reported vacancies1
Reported vacancies, total, Total, Absolute value	631,814	693,676	760,608	844,796	705,605	613,445	774,345	796,427	730,551	655,490	568,743	490,310	456,975	477,528	466,288	359,349	300,641	389,048	423,440	354,288	255,758	206,850	269,836	374,963	434,037	434,702

Latest reading

The latest reading is 45,878 Thousands, for 2025. That is −0.2% from 2024. The series on this page is annual and runs from 1991 to 2025. Source: Deutsche Bundesbank.

Latest: 45,878 Thousands; 2025
vs previous period: −0.2%; 2024