Unemployment rate in Köln
The unemployment rate in Köln was 3.9% of the labour force in 2025.
Köln, 2025
3.9%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
Germany, 2025
3.8%
Position in 2025
211th of 286
Unemployment rate in Köln 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 | Köln | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.9% | 3.8% |
| 2024 | 3.7% | 3.5% |
| 2023 | 3.3% | 3.1% |
| 2022 | 3.2% | 3.1% |
| 2021 | 4.1%b (break in time series) | 3.6%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 4.1%b (break in time series) | 3.9%b (break in time series) |
| 2019 | 3.4% | 3.1% |
| 2018 | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| 2017 | 3.7% | 3.8% |
| 2016 | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| 2015 | 4.8% | 4.6% |
| 2014 | 5.3% | 5.0% |
| 2013 | 5.8% | 5.2% |
| 2012 | 5.4%b (break in time series) | 5.4%b (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 6.0%b (break in time series) | 5.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 7.0%b (break in time series) | 7.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 7.2% | 7.8% |
| 2008 | 7.0% | 7.5% |
| 2007 | 7.8% | 8.7% |
| 2006 | 9.1%b (break in time series) | 10.3%b (break in time series) |
| 2005 | 9.4%b (break in time series) | 11.2%b (break in time series) |
| 2004 | 8.3% | 10.7% |
| 2003 | 8.0% | 9.8% |
| 2002 | 6.3% | 8.5% |
| 2001 | 5.7% | 7.8% |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 3.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 4.8%, the figure has changed by −0.9 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 286 regions with data for 2025, Köln has the 211th highest value.
- The figure for Germany in 2025 was 3.8%.