Unemployment rate in Leipzig
The unemployment rate in Leipzig was 5.2% of the labour force in 2025.
Leipzig, 2025
5.2%
Change from 2024
−0.3percentage points
Germany, 2025
3.8%
Position in 2025
152nd of 286
Unemployment rate in Leipzig 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 | Leipzig | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.2% | 3.8% |
| 2024 | 5.5% | 3.5% |
| 2023 | 4.5% | 3.1% |
| 2022 | 3.5%u (low reliability) | 3.1% |
| 2021 | 4.5%bu (break in time series, low reliability) | 3.6%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 5.3%bu (break in time series, low reliability) | 3.9%b (break in time series) |
| 2019 | 4.7% | 3.1% |
| 2018 | 4.8% | 3.4% |
| 2017 | 5.1% | 3.8% |
| 2016 | 6.0% | 4.1% |
| 2015 | 7.7% | 4.6% |
| 2014 | 8.3% | 5.0% |
| 2013 | 9.2% | 5.2% |
| 2012 | 9.5%b (break in time series) | 5.4%b (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 11.1%b (break in time series) | 5.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 12.1%b (break in time series) | 7.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 13.1% | 7.8% |
| 2008 | 14.3% | 7.5% |
| 2007 | 17.3% | 8.7% |
| 2006 | 17.8%b (break in time series) | 10.3%b (break in time series) |
| 2005 | 20.3%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 −0.3 percentage points from 5.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 7.7%, the figure has changed by −2.5 percentage points.
- Among the 286 regions with data for 2025, Leipzig has the 152nd highest value.
- The figure for Germany in 2025 was 3.8%.