Unemployment rate in Thüringen
The unemployment rate in Thüringen was 3.7% of the labour force in 2025.
Thüringen, 2025
3.7%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
Germany, 2025
3.8%
Position in 2025
223rd of 286
Unemployment rate in Thüringen 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 | Thüringen | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.7% | 3.8% |
| 2024 | 3.5% | 3.5% |
| 2023 | 3.1% | 3.1% |
| 2022 | 3.0% | 3.1% |
| 2021 | 3.5%b (break in time series) | 3.6%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 4.2%b (break in time series) | 3.9%b (break in time series) |
| 2019 | 3.7% | 3.1% |
| 2018 | 4.1% | 3.4% |
| 2017 | 4.4% | 3.8% |
| 2016 | 5.1% | 4.1% |
| 2015 | 5.8% | 4.6% |
| 2014 | 6.0% | 5.0% |
| 2013 | 6.0% | 5.2% |
| 2012 | 7.3%b (break in time series) | 5.4%b (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 7.6%b (break in time series) | 5.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 8.6%b (break in time series) | 7.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 10.7% | 7.8% |
| 2008 | 10.7% | 7.5% |
| 2007 | 13.8% | 8.7% |
| 2006 | 15.7%b (break in time series) | 10.3%b (break in time series) |
| 2005 | 17.2%b (break in time series) | 11.2%b (break in time series) |
| 2004 | 16.3% | 10.7% |
| 2003 | 16.3% | 9.8% |
| 2002 | 15.1% | 8.5% |
| 2001 | 13.9% | 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 3.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 5.8%, the figure has changed by −2.1 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, Thüringen has the 223rd highest value.
- The figure for Germany in 2025 was 3.8%.