Germany: Unemployment rate

(measure: percent, source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany)

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Unemployment rate, percent in Germany, October, 2019: For that indicator, Federal Statistical Office of Germany provides data for Germany from 1960 to 2019. The average value for Germany during that period was 5.86 percent with a minimum of 0.4 percent in June 1962 and a maximum of 14 percent in January 1998. Click on the following link to see the values of Unemployment rate, percent around the world.

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Measure: percent
Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany

Definition: The unemployment rate represents the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.

Unemployment: structural, frictional, and cyclical