# Long-term unemployment rate in Hamburg

Long-term unemployment rate in Hamburg was 1.6% in 2025 (low_reliability). Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

- Indicator id: `long_term_unemployment_rate`
- Place id: `de-nuts-de60`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 15 to 74 who have been unemployed for 12 months or more, as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74. Unemployment follows the ILO definition: without work, available to start within two weeks and actively seeking work.
- Note: A share of the labour force, not of the unemployed. From the EU labour force survey. Eurostat flags series breaks (most in 2021, under the new framework regulation for social statistics); they are stored as status break.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Long-term unemployment (12 months or more) as a percentage of the labour force by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 74 years (lfst_r_lfu2ltu) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfu2ltu/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: Eurostat reuse policy (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: Eurostat. Long-term unemployment (12 months or more) as a percentage of the labour force by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 74 years (lfst_r_lfu2ltu). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfu2ltu/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/long-term-unemployment-rate/hamburg-de60
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=long_term_unemployment_rate&place=de-nuts-de60

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 1.6 (low_reliability) |
| 2024 | 1.3 (low_reliability) |
| 2022 | 1.6 (low_reliability) |
| 2021 | 1.5 (low_reliability) |
| 2019 | 1.4 |
| 2018 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | 1.9 |
| 2016 | 1.5 |
| 2015 | 1.9 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2.3 |
| 2012 | 2.3 (break) |
| 2011 | 2.4 (break) |
| 2010 | 2.9 (break) |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3.8 |
| 2007 | 4.8 |
| 2006 | 5 (break) |
| 2005 | 4.9 (break) |
| 2004 | 5.3 |
| 2003 | 4.2 |
| 2002 | 3.6 |
| 2001 | 3.8 |
| 2000 | 3.7 |