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German Unemployment (Arbeitslosenzahl, Arbeitslosenquote) — Germany and Each Federal State, Monthly since 2005

Registered unemployed and the unemployment rate (all civilian labour force) of the Bundesagentur für Arbeit for Germany or any federal state, monthly since 2005, plus registered job vacancies for Germany. Not seasonally adjusted (the figures BA headlines).

Call it (no API key)

GET https://api.agentdatahub.de/api/v1/call/de-unemployment?months=13&compact=1

Full metadata: without compact=1 · Markdown: format=llm · Only some fields: add &fields=a,b.c · MCP: tool call_api with {"apiId":"de-unemployment"}

Parameters

Example response (live, compact)

{
  "apiId": "de-unemployment",
  "data_freshness": "live",
  "data": {
    "region": "DE",
    "latest": {
      "period": "2026-09",
      "unemployed": 2994415,
      "unemployment_rate_pct": 6.4,
      "job_vacancies": 659691
    },
    "same_month_previous_year": {
      "period": "2025-09",
      "unemployed": 2954747,
      "unemployment_rate_pct": 6.3,
      "job_vacancies": 629638
    },
    "history": [
      {
        "period": "2025-09",
        "unemployed": 2954747,
        "unemployment_rate_pct": 6.3,
        "job_vacancies": 629638
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-10",
        "unemployed": 2910752,
        "unemployment_rate_pct": 6.2,
        "job_vacancies": 623202
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-11",
        "unemployed": 2885087,
        "unemployment_rate_pct": 6.1,
        "job_vacancies": 623934
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-12",
        "unemployed": 2907991,
        "unemployment_rate_pct": 6.2,
        "job_vacancies": 619351
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-01",
        "unemployed": 3084613,
        "unemployment_rate_pct": 6.6,
        "job_vacancies": 598110
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-02",
        "unemployed": 3069942,
        "unemployment_rate_pct": 6.5,
        "job_vacancies": 637559
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-03",
        "unemployed": 3021230,
        "unemployment_rate_pct": 6.4,
        "job_vacancies": 637640
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-04",
        "unemployed": 3008161,
        "unemployment_rate_pct": 6.4,
        "job_vacancies": 641205
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-05",
        "unemployed": 2950456,
        "unemployment_rate_pct": 6.3,
        "job_vacancies": 642814
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-06",
        "unemployed": 2935850,
        "unemployment_rate_pct": 6.2,
        "job_vacancies": 648242
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-07",
        "unemployed": 3007203,
        "unemployment_rate_pct": 6.4,
        "job_vacancies": 653328
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-08",
        "unemployed": 3061396,
        "unemployment_rate_pct": 6.5,
        "job_vacancies": 656481
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-09",
        "unemployed": 2994415,
        "unemployment_rate_pct": 6.4,
        "job_vacancies": 659691
      }
    ],
    "note": "Registered unemployment (Bundesagentur für Arbeit), not seasonally adjusted",
    "attribution": "Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), GENESIS-Online, dl-de/by-2-0; data: Bundesagentur für Arbeit"
  },
  "source": "Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), GENESIS-Online",
  "license": "Destatis GENESIS-Online, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0"
}

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