# Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by long-term unemployment rate, 2017

All 36 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2017, so the places are comparable. 2 regions have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `long_term_unemployment_rate`
- 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.
- 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
- 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/rankings/long-term-unemployment-rate/germany-regions

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 3.9 |
| 2 | Berlin | 2.9 |
| 3 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 2.7 |
| 4 | Leipzig | 2.6 |
| 5 | Brandenburg | 2.3 |
| 6 | Hannover | 2.2 |
| 7 | Arnsberg | 2.1 |
| 7 | Braunschweig | 2.1 |
| 7 | Chemnitz | 2.1 |
| 7 | Dresden | 2.1 |
| 7 | Düsseldorf | 2.1 |
| 7 | Thüringen | 2.1 |
| 13 | Hamburg | 1.9 |
| 13 | Saarland | 1.9 |
| 15 | Bremen | 1.7 |
| 16 | Detmold | 1.6 |
| 16 | Köln | 1.6 |
| 16 | Münster | 1.6 |
| 19 | Gießen | 1.4 |
| 20 | Darmstadt | 1.3 |
| 20 | Lüneburg | 1.3 |
| 20 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 1.3 |
| 20 | Schleswig-Holstein | 1.3 |
| 24 | Koblenz | 1.2 |
| 24 | Weser-Ems | 1.2 |
| 26 | Oberfranken | 1.1 |
| 27 | Kassel | 1 |
| 28 | Freiburg | 0.9 |
| 28 | Karlsruhe | 0.9 |
| 28 | Oberpfalz | 0.9 |
| 28 | Schwaben | 0.9 |
| 28 | Stuttgart | 0.9 |
| 33 | Niederbayern | 0.8 |
| 34 | Mittelfranken | 0.7 |
| 35 | Oberbayern | 0.6 |
| 35 | Tübingen | 0.6 |