# Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by unemployment rate, 2025

All 37 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable. 1 regions have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Unemployment rates by NUTS 2 region (lfst_r_lfu3rt) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfu3rt/default/table)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: Eurostat. Unemployment rates by NUTS 2 region (lfst_r_lfu3rt). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfu3rt/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/germany-regions
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/germany-regions.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Berlin | 6.5 |
| 2 | Hamburg | 5.3 |
| 3 | Leipzig | 5.2 |
| 4 | Bremen | 5.1 |
| 5 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 4.9 |
| 6 | Düsseldorf | 4.8 |
| 7 | Arnsberg | 4.7 |
| 7 | Dresden | 4.7 |
| 9 | Chemnitz | 4.4 |
| 10 | Saarland | 4.1 |
| 11 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 4 |
| 12 | Braunschweig | 3.9 |
| 12 | Hannover | 3.9 |
| 12 | Köln | 3.9 |
| 15 | Brandenburg | 3.8 |
| 15 | Mittelfranken | 3.8 |
| 17 | Detmold | 3.7 |
| 17 | Schleswig-Holstein | 3.7 |
| 17 | Thüringen | 3.7 |
| 20 | Darmstadt | 3.6 |
| 20 | Kassel | 3.6 |
| 20 | Stuttgart | 3.6 |
| 23 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 3.5 |
| 24 | Karlsruhe | 3.4 |
| 24 | Münster | 3.4 |
| 26 | Lüneburg | 3.3 |
| 27 | Oberfranken | 3.2 |
| 28 | Freiburg | 3.1 |
| 29 | Oberbayern | 3 |
| 29 | Unterfranken | 3 |
| 31 | Koblenz | 2.9 |
| 31 | Niederbayern | 2.9 |
| 31 | Tübingen | 2.9 |
| 31 | Weser-Ems | 2.9 |
| 35 | Oberpfalz | 2.8 |
| 36 | Gießen | 2.7 |
| 36 | Schwaben | 2.7 |