List of the German federal states by unemployment rate
The following list of the German federal states by unemployment rate sorts the federal states of the Federal Republic of Germany according to the proportion of civilian labor force without work.
Federal states according to unemployment rate
German federal states by unemployment rate in January 2020 and the number of unemployed. All federal states are sorted in reverse order.
| rank | state | Unemployment rate | Number of unemployed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Bavaria
|
3.3% | 249.502 |
| 2 |
 Baden-Württemberg
|
3.5% | 220,523 |
| 3 |
 Rhineland-Palatinate
|
4.7% | 106,830 |
| 3 |
 Hesse
|
4.7% | 159,848 |
| 5 |
 Lower Saxony
|
5.3% | 230,000 |
| 6th |
 Schleswig-Holstein
|
5.4% | 85,827 |
| 7th |
 Thuringia
|
5.7% | 63,331 |
| 7th |
 Saxony
|
5.7% | 120,952 |
| 9 |
 Brandenburg
|
6.0% | 80.119 |
| 10 |
 Hamburg
|
6.4% | 68.161 |
| 11 |
 Saarland
|
6.6% | 35,196 |
| 12 |
 North Rhine-Westphalia
|
6.8% | 659.619 |
| 13 |
 Saxony-Anhalt
|
7.6% | 85.125 |
| 14th |
 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
|
7.7% | 63,471 |
| 15th |
 Berlin
|
8.2% | 159,882 |
| 16 |
 Bremen
|
10.3% | 37,137 |
 Germany
|
5.3% | 2,425,523 |
Development of the unemployment rate in the federal states
Development of the unemployment rate (share of all civilian labor force without work) in the federal states since 1994 according to figures from the Federal Statistical Office . A changing unemployment rate is mathematically dependent on both the development of the number of unemployed and the number of people in employment.
| country | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Baden-Württemberg
|
6.7% | 6.6% | 7.2% | 7.8% | 7.1% | 6.5% | 5.4% | 4.9% | 5.4% | 6.2% | 6.2% | 7.0% | 6.3% | 4.9% |
|
Bavaria
|
6.1% | 6.0% | 6.8% | 7.5% | 7.0% | 6.4% | 5.5% | 5.3% | 6.0% | 6.9% | 6.9% | 7.8% | 6.8% | 5.3% |
|
Berlin
|
12.1% | 12.4% | 13.8% | 15.6% | 16.1% | 15.9% | 15.8% | 16.1% | 16.9% | 18.1% | 17.7% | 19.0% | 17.5% | 15.5% |
|
Brandenburg
|
14.5% | 13.4% | 15.2% | 17.6% | 17.6% | 17.4% | 17.0% | 17.4% | 17.5% | 18.8% | 18.7% | 18.2% | 17.0% | 14.7% |
|
Bremen
|
12.7% | 12.9% | 14.2% | 15.4% | 15.2% | 14.3% | 13.0% | 12.4% | 12.5% | 13.2% | 13.2% | 16.8% | 14.9% | 12.7% |
|
Hamburg
|
8.7% | 9.5% | 10.4% | 11.6% | 11.3% | 10.4% | 8.9% | 8.3% | 9.0% | 9.9% | 9.7% | 11.3% | 11.0% | 9.1% |
|
Hesse
|
7.3% | 7.6% | 8.3% | 9.3% | 9.0% | 8.3% | 7.3% | 6.6% | 7.0% | 7.9% | 8.2% | 9.7% | 9.2% | 7.5% |
|
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
|
16.2% | 15.3% | 16.8% | 18.9% | 19.2% | 18.2% | 17.8% | 18.3% | 18.6% | 20.1% | 20.4% | 20.3% | 19.0% | 16.5% |
|
Lower Saxony
|
9.6% | 9.8% | 10.9% | 11.6% | 11.1% | 10.3% | 9.3% | 9.1% | 9.2% | 9.6% | 9.6% | 11.6% | 10.5% | 8.8% |
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
9.8% | 9.7% | 10.4% | 11.1% | 10.7% | 10.2% | 9.2% | 8.8% | 9.2% | 10.0% | 10.2% | 12.0% | 11.4% | 9.5% |
|
Rhineland-Palatinate
|
7.5% | 7.6% | 8.5% | 9.2% | 8.8% | 8.2% | 7.3% | 6.8% | 7.2% | 7.7% | 7.7% | 8.8% | 8.0% | 6.5% |
|
Saarland
|
11.2% | 10.7% | 11.4% | 12.4% | 11.5% | 10.8% | 9.8% | 9.0% | 9.1% | 9.5% | 9.2% | 10.7% | 9.9% | 8.4% |
|
Saxony
|
14.8% | 13.6% | 14.9% | 17.1% | 17.5% | 17.2% | 17.0% | 17.5% | 17.8% | 17.9% | 17.8% | 18.3% | 17.0% | 14.7% |
|
Saxony-Anhalt
|
16.7% | 15.7% | 17.7% | 20.3% | 20.4% | 20.3% | 20.2% | 19.7% | 19.6% | 20.5% | 20.3% | 20.2% | 18.3% | 15.9% |
|
Schleswig-Holstein
|
8.1% | 8.1% | 8.9% | 9.9% | 10.0% | 9.4% | 8.5% | 8.4% | 8.7% | 9.7% | 9.8% | 11.6% | 10.0% | 8.4% |
|
Thuringia
|
15.6% | 14.1% | 15.6% | 17.8% | 17.1% | 15.4% | 15.4% | 15.3% | 15.9% | 16.7% | 16.7% | 17.1% | 15.6% | 13.1% |
| country | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Baden-Württemberg
|
4.1% | 5.1% | 4.9% | 4.0% | 3.9% | 4.1% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 3.2% |
|
Bavaria
|
4.2% | 4.8% | 4.5% | 3.8% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 2.9% | 2.8% |
|
Berlin
|
13.8% | 14.0% | 13.6% | 13.3% | 12.3% | 11.7% | 11.1% | 10.7% | 9.8% | 9.0% | 8.1% | 7.8% |
|
Brandenburg
|
13.0% | 12.3% | 11.1% | 10.7% | 10.2% | 9.9% | 9.4% | 8.7% | 8.0% | 7.0% | 6.3% | 5.8% |
|
Bremen
|
11.4% | 11.8% | 12.0% | 11.6% | 11.2% | 11.1% | 10.9% | 10.9% | 10.5% | 10.2% | 9.8% | 9.9% |
|
Hamburg
|
8.1% | 8.6% | 8.2% | 7.8% | 7.5% | 7.4% | 7.6% | 7.4% | 7.1% | 6.8% | 6.3% | 6.1% |
|
Hesse
|
6.5% | 6.8% | 6.4% | 5.9% | 5.7% | 5.8% | 5.7% | 5.5% | 5.3% | 5.0% | 4.6% | 4.4% |
|
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
|
14.1% | 13.5% | 12.7% | 12.5% | 12.0% | 11.7% | 11.2% | 10.4% | 9.7% | 8.6% | 7.9% | 7.1% |
|
Lower Saxony
|
7.6% | 7.7% | 7.5% | 6.9% | 6.6% | 6.6% | 6.5% | 6.1% | 6.0% | 5.8% | 5.3% | 5.0% |
|
North Rhine-Westphalia
|
8.5% | 8.9% | 8.7% | 8.1% | 8.1% | 8.3% | 8.2% | 8.0% | 7.7% | 7.4% | 6.8% | 6.5% |
|
Rhineland-Palatinate
|
6.5% | 5.6% | 6.1% | 5.7% | 5.3% | 5.5% | 5.4% | 5.2% | 5.1% | 4.8% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
|
Saarland
|
7.3% | 7.7% | 7.5% | 6.8% | 6.7% | 7.3% | 7.3% | 7.3% | 7.2% | 6.7% | 6.1% | 6.2% |
|
Saxony
|
12.8% | 12.9% | 11.8% | 10.6% | 9.8% | 9.4% | 8.8% | 8.2% | 7.5% | 6.7% | 6.0% | 5.5% |
|
Saxony-Anhalt
|
13.9% | 13.6% | 12.5% | 11.6% | 11.5% | 11.2% | 10.7% | 10.2% | 9.6% | 8.4% | 7.7% | 7.1% |
|
Schleswig-Holstein
|
7.6% | 7.8% | 7.5% | 7.2% | 6.9% | 6.9% | 6.8% | 6.5% | 6.3% | 6.0% | 5.5% | 5.1% |
|
Thuringia
|
11.2% | 11.4% | 9.8% | 8.8% | 8.5% | 8.2% | 7.8% | 7.4% | 6.7% | 6.1% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Unemployment rate by federal state in Germany 2020 | Statista. Retrieved November 13, 2018 .
- ^ Federation, states and districts - statistik.arbeitsagentur.de. Retrieved February 4, 2020 .
- ↑ a b © Federal Statistical Office (Destatis),: Federal Statistical Office Germany - GENESIS-Online. November 13, 2018, accessed November 13, 2018 .