The number of unemployed persons in Germany rose by 20,000 from a month earlier to 3.006 million in April 2026, hitting its highest level since March 2011. Unemployed Persons in Germany averaged 2103.57 Thousand from 1950 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 5011.00 Thousand in March of 2005 and a record low of 84.97 Thousand in September of 1965. source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit
Unemployed Persons in Germany is expected to be 2980.00 Thousand by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Germany Unemployed Persons is projected to trend around 2710.00 Thousand in 2027 and 2600.00 Thousand in 2028, according to our econometric models.