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Germany - Unemployment Rate 3.71

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 187 economies tracked

Latest value

3.71 (2025)

Global rank

##63 of 187 economies

vs global median

0.7×

Growth since 1991

0.7×

Ranking Race โ€” Unemployment Rate

1 = global #1 ยท lower value ranks higher

#1#25#49#73#97#121#14519911996200120062011201620212025#88#632019 overtook Malaysia2021 overtook North Korea
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Real annual global ranks, 1991 - 2025. Germany climbed from #88 to #63 (overtook Malaysia). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Germany ↓

Key Events โ€” Germany

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1999
Euro adoption curated

Germany becomes the anchor economy of the new single currency.

2004
Fell 20 places in global rank auto
2008
Climbed 15 places in global rank auto
2009
Global crisis recession curated

Exports collapse; GDP contracts sharply before a rapid rebound.

2010
Climbed 16 places in global rank auto
2019
Overtook Malaysia in global rank auto
2021
Overtook North Korea in global rank auto
2022
Energy crisis curated

Gas supply shock drives inflation to decades-high levels.

Unemployment Rate, 1991-2025

World Bank WDI · % of total labor force · linear scale · ranking in the race above
199120012011202120253.075.788.4811.19

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