Unemployment in Germany, 1960-2016

 
 

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In 1000.
*since 1991 West-Germany (excluding Berlin) and East-Germany (including Berlin)
Source: Federal Statistical Office, Federal Employment Agency
 
   

Since the 1970s, unemployment in Germany has developed in four distinct steps. In October 2008 the unemployment dropped under the level of 3 million for the first time since 1992. This might be an indication that the fundamental structural problems of the German labor market could have been decisively loosen by the Hartz reform.