Unemployment Rate fell 24.1% to 3.27% in Germany in 2021, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Germany reached an all time high of 11.2% in 2005 and an all time low of 3.14% in 2019. When compared to Germany's main peers, Unemployment Rate in Austria amounted to 5.00%, 6.70% in Belgium, 7.82% in France and 3.88% in Poland in 2021.
Germany has been ranked 88th within the group of 102 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 10 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Austria | % | 4.85% | 4.49% | 5.77% | 5.00% | 5.10% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 5.95% | 5.36% | 6.01% | 6.70% | 6.70% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Czechia | % | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 9.02% | 8.44% | 8.62% | 7.82% | 7.58% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 3.38% | 3.14% | 4.31% | 3.27% | 3.24% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 3.71% | 3.42% | 4.35% | 2.67% | 2.27% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 10.6% | 9.95% | 9.31% | 10.2% | 10.1% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | 5.59% | 5.60% | 6.96% | 5.03% | 4.97% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 3.83% | 3.38% | 4.09% | 3.60% | 3.50% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 3.85% | 3.28% | 3.55% | 3.88% | 3.99% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 4.85% | 4.60% | 5.73% | 4.95% | 5.05% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 15.3% | 14.1% | 15.7% | 14.1% | 13.9% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 4.71% | 4.39% | 4.94% | 2.70% | 2.71% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | 8.80% | 8.19% | 9.48% | 8.44% | 8.14% | ... |
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