Unemployment rate by age

In 2024, Germany's unemployment rate by age increased by 10.2% compared to 2023, reaching 6.50.

Germany accounts for 43.6% of the EU-27 total of 14.9.

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 grown by 12.1% (from 5.80 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_wc170, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.