Germany vs Netherlands: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Germany
3.8%
in 2025
Netherlands
3.9%
in 2025
Germany rank
129th
Netherlands rank
126th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

  • Germany
  • Netherlands
2.557.51012.515197520002025

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 3.9% against 3.8% in Germany, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Netherlands ahead.

Germany ranks 129th and Netherlands ranks 126th of 185 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit
%
Source
Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.