Germany Unemployment Change

Germany's seasonally adjusted number of unemployed fell by 7 thousand from a month earlier to 2.231 million in March 2019, following a revised 20 thousand drop in February and compared to market consensus of a 10 thousand decline. The unemployment rate fell to 4.9 percent in March, the lowest since German reunification in 1990. Unemployment Change in Germany averaged -1.66 Thousand from 1992 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 264 Thousand in January of 2005 and a record low of -96 Thousand in May of 2006.

Unemployment Change in Germany is expected to be -11.00 Thousand by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Unemployment Change in Germany to stand at 10.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Germany Unemployment Change is projected to trend around 19.00 Thousand in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2019-01-04	08:55 AM	Unemployment Change	-14K	-16K	-11K	0K
2019-01-31	08:55 AM	Unemployment Change	-2K	-12K	-11K	-8K
2019-03-01	08:55 AM	Unemployment Change	-21K	-4K	-5K	-4K
2019-03-29	08:55 AM	Unemployment Change	-7K	-20K	-10K	-11K
2019-04-30	07:55 AM	Unemployment Change		-7K	-10K
2019-05-29	07:55 AM	Unemployment Change
2019-07-01	07:55 AM	Unemployment Change				15K

Germany Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.10	3.20	11.50	0.40	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	45041.00	45007.00	45041.00	37643.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	2301.12	2372.70	5288.25	84.97	Thousand	[+]
Unemployment Change	-7.00	-20.00	264.00	-96.00	Thousand	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.40	1.40	6.30	1.40	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	5.60	5.70	15.90	5.60	percent	[+]
Productivity	99.80	99.50	106.00	17.00	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	115.62	115.29	115.62	78.67	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	797.46	783.96	891.70	57.80	Thousand	[+]
Wages	3899.00	3875.00	3899.00	1832.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	115.00	115.00	186.40	7.70	Index Points	[+]
Wage Growth	1.40	1.50	2.70	-1.40	percent	[+]
Minimum Wages	9.19	8.84	9.19	8.50	EUR/Hour	[+]
Population	82.85	82.52	82.85	72.54	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	65.58	65.50	65.58	65.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.58	65.50	65.58	65.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	61.50	60.90	61.70	56.90	percent	[+]
Living Wage Family	1990.00	1960.00	1990.00	1770.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1240.00	1210.00	1240.00	1060.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	2050.00	2100.00	2100.00	1950.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	3550.00	3550.00	3550.00	3400.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Part Time Employment	10920.00	10897.10	10992.70	6330.60	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	0.30	0.20	1.00	-0.80	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	76.30	75.40	76.30	63.60	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	29971.90	29382.30	30031.60	26748.40	Thousand	[+]

Germany Unemployment Change

In German, unemployment change measures the absolut change in the number of unemployed people in the reporting month. This page provides the latest reported value for - Germany Unemployment Change - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Germany Unemployment Change - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2019.