Unemployment rate in Chemnitz
The unemployment rate in Chemnitz was 4.4% of the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2016. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Chemnitz, 2025
4.4%
Change from 2024
+1.3percentage points
Germany, 2025
3.8%
Position in 2025
187th of 286
Unemployment rate in Chemnitz over time
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% of the labour force. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Chemnitz | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4% | 3.8% |
| 2024 | 3.1%u (low reliability) | 3.5% |
| 2023 | 3.3%u (low reliability) | 3.1% |
| 2022 | 2.3%u (low reliability) | 3.1% |
| 2021 | 2.3%bu (break in time series, low reliability) | 3.6%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | not availablebu (break in time series, low reliability) | 3.9%b (break in time series) |
| 2019 | 3.7% | 3.1% |
| 2018 | 3.4% | 3.4% |
| 2017 | 4.1% | 3.8% |
| 2016 | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| 2015 | 5.4% | 4.6% |
| 2014 | 6.4% | 5.0% |
| 2013 | 7.4% | 5.2% |
| 2012 | 7.9%b (break in time series) | 5.4%b (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 8.8%b (break in time series) | 5.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 11.5%b (break in time series) | 7.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 12.6% | 7.8% |
| 2008 | 12.7% | 7.5% |
| 2007 | 13.9% | 8.7% |
| 2006 | 16.5%b (break in time series) | 10.3%b (break in time series) |
| 2005 | 18.0%b (break in time series) | 11.2%b (break in time series) |
| 2004 | – | 10.7% |
| 2003 | – | 9.8% |
| 2002 | – | 8.5% |
| 2001 | – | 7.8% |
Flags: b break in time series; bu break in time series, low reliability; u low reliability . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.3 percentage points from 3.1% in 2024.
- Since 2014, when it was 6.4%, the figure has changed by −2.0 percentage points.
- Among the 286 regions with data for 2025, Chemnitz has the 187th highest value.
- The figure for Germany in 2025 was 3.8%.