Unemployment rate: Germany vs Netherlands

Germany: 3.8 % (2025). Netherlands: 3.9 % (2025).

Unemployment rate in Germany and Netherlands, side by side from the same Eurostat series.

GermanyNetherlands
Latest figure3.8 %3.9 %
EU rank26 / 3024 / 30
Change, 1 year+0.3 %+0.2 %
Change, 5 years+0.2 %-1.0 %

Shared periods

PeriodGermanyNetherlandsGap
20253.8 %3.9 %-0.1 %
20243.5 %3.7 %-0.2 %
20233.1 %3.6 %-0.5 %
20223.1 %3.5 %-0.4 %
20213.6 %4.2 %-0.6 %
20203.6 %4.9 %-1.3 %
20192.9 %4.4 %-1.5 %
20183.2 %4.9 %-1.7 %
20173.5 %5.9 %-2.4 %
20163.9 %7.0 %-3.1 %

Source: Eurostat, read into our register. Eurostat une_rt_a

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