Unemployed Persons, Total (Monthly, SA): Germany
The latest reading SOTW holds for Germany is 1,773.0 thousand persons for 2026-09, from Eurostat.
Reviewed series · Labor · Monthly · thousand persons · EUROSTAT.UNEMP.LEVEL.M · DEU
Both sexes. Youth rate denominator is the youth labour force, not all young people; total unemployment follows the published TOTAL age selection. Seasonally adjusted, not calendar adjusted. Values retain published units; no scaling, rebasing, interpolation or imputation by SOTW. Dataset updated timestamp is not an original observation release date or publisher vintage. Commercial geography policy reviewed 2026-10-10: EU/EFTA/official candidates only; UK, Kosovo and other noneligible countries excluded; CH/LI declaring-country commodity trade excluded.
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- Latest
- 1,773.0
- thousand persons · 2026-09
- Previous
- 1,766.0
- thousand persons · 2026-08
- Oldest shown
- 1,574.0
- thousand persons · 2016-10
- Readings shown
- 120
- Newest readings; the full history is in the API
Germany · history
thousand persons · Monthly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (thousand persons) |
|---|---|
| 2026-09 | 1,773.0 |
| 2026-08 | 1,766.0 |
| 2026-07 | 1,757.0 |
| 2026-06 | 1,744.0 |
| 2026-05 | 1,728.0 |
| 2026-04 | 1,713.0 |
| 2026-03 | 1,703.0 |
| 2026-02 | 1,700.0 |
| 2026-01 | 1,703.0 |
| 2025-12 | 1,706.0 |
| 2025-11 | 1,704.0 |
| 2025-10 | 1,695.0 |
| 2025-09 | 1,682.0 |
| 2025-08 | 1,669.0 |
| 2025-07 | 1,655.0 |
| 2025-06 | 1,645.0 |
| 2025-05 | 1,635.0 |
| 2025-04 | 1,622.0 |
| 2025-03 | 1,605.0 |
| 2025-02 | 1,582.0 |
| 2025-01 | 1,555.0 |
| 2024-12 | 1,531.0 |
| 2024-11 | 1,514.0 |
| 2024-10 | 1,505.0 |
| 2024-09 | 1,504.0 |
| 2024-08 | 1,507.0 |
| 2024-07 | 1,509.0 |
| 2024-06 | 1,505.0 |
| 2024-05 | 1,493.0 |
| 2024-04 | 1,472.0 |
| 2024-03 | 1,448.0 |
| 2024-02 | 1,424.0 |
| 2024-01 | 1,405.0 |
| 2023-12 | 1,391.0 |
| 2023-11 | 1,381.0 |
| 2023-10 | 1,371.0 |
| 2023-09 | 1,359.0 |
| 2023-08 | 1,345.0 |
| 2023-07 | 1,330.0 |
| 2023-06 | 1,316.0 |
| 2023-05 | 1,308.0 |
| 2023-04 | 1,304.0 |
| 2023-03 | 1,307.0 |
| 2023-02 | 1,315.0 |
| 2023-01 | 1,328.0 |
| 2022-12 | 1,341.0 |
| 2022-11 | 1,354.0 |
| 2022-10 | 1,360.0 |
| 2022-09 | 1,361.0 |
| 2022-08 | 1,358.0 |
| 2022-07 | 1,350.0 |
| 2022-06 | 1,342.0 |
| 2022-05 | 1,339.0 |
| 2022-04 | 1,347.0 |
| 2022-03 | 1,365.0 |
| 2022-02 | 1,387.0 |
| 2022-01 | 1,408.0 |
| 2021-12 | 1,424.0 |
| 2021-11 | 1,433.0 |
| 2021-10 | 1,437.0 |
| 2021-09 | 1,444.0 |
| 2021-08 | 1,458.0 |
| 2021-07 | 1,484.0 |
| 2021-06 | 1,522.0 |
| 2021-05 | 1,562.0 |
| 2021-04 | 1,597.0 |
| 2021-03 | 1,619.0 |
| 2021-02 | 1,625.0 |
| 2021-01 | 1,618.0 |
| 2020-12 | 1,605.0 |
| 2020-11 | 1,596.0 |
| 2020-10 | 1,596.0 |
| 2020-09 | 1,601.0 |
| 2020-08 | 1,604.0 |
| 2020-07 | 1,597.0 |
| 2020-06 | 1,572.0 |
| 2020-05 | 1,531.0 |
| 2020-04 | 1,480.0 |
| 2020-03 | 1,425.0 |
| 2020-02 | 1,376.0 |
| 2020-01 | 1,336.0 |
| 2019-12 | 1,304.0 |
| 2019-11 | 1,276.0 |
| 2019-10 | 1,251.0 |
| 2019-09 | 1,231.0 |
| 2019-08 | 1,218.0 |
| 2019-07 | 1,212.0 |
| 2019-06 | 1,215.0 |
| 2019-05 | 1,227.0 |
| 2019-04 | 1,243.0 |
| 2019-03 | 1,260.0 |
| 2019-02 | 1,274.0 |
| 2019-01 | 1,285.0 |
| 2018-12 | 1,294.0 |
| 2018-11 | 1,304.0 |
| 2018-10 | 1,314.0 |
| 2018-09 | 1,323.0 |
| 2018-08 | 1,331.0 |
| 2018-07 | 1,338.0 |
| 2018-06 | 1,344.0 |
| 2018-05 | 1,350.0 |
| 2018-04 | 1,358.0 |
| 2018-03 | 1,370.0 |
| 2018-02 | 1,383.0 |
| 2018-01 | 1,398.0 |
| 2017-12 | 1,414.0 |
| 2017-11 | 1,430.0 |
| 2017-10 | 1,444.0 |
| 2017-09 | 1,455.0 |
| 2017-08 | 1,464.0 |
| 2017-07 | 1,474.0 |
| 2017-06 | 1,486.0 |
| 2017-05 | 1,499.0 |
| 2017-04 | 1,510.0 |
| 2017-03 | 1,519.0 |
| 2017-02 | 1,526.0 |
| 2017-01 | 1,533.0 |
| 2016-12 | 1,541.0 |
| 2016-11 | 1,554.0 |
| 2016-10 | 1,574.0 |
Source: Eurostat. Newest 120 readings shown, 2016-10 to 2026-09. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.