# Employment Rate (20-64) — Gießen (NUTS-2 DE72)

Employment Rate (20-64) — Gießen (NUTS-2 DE72) was 80.3% in 2025, up 1.3 percentage points from 2024.
That is the highest reading since the series began in 1999.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 73.8% (2020) to 80.3% (2025), averaging 77.7%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `DE-72.EMPRATE.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1999-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (27 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/germany/employment-rate-20-64-gieen-nuts-2-de72

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 80.3% |
| 2024 | 79.0% |
| 2023 | 79.9% |
| 2022 | 79.1% |
| 2021 | 76.4% |
| 2020 | 73.8% |
| 2019 | 77.7% |
| 2018 | 77.0% |
| 2017 | 77.9% |
| 2016 | 77.7% |
| 2015 | 76.3% |
| 2014 | 77.1% |
| 2013 | 76.9% |
| 2012 | 75.9% |
| 2011 | 76.0% |
| 2010 | 74.5% |
| 2009 | 74.3% |
| 2008 | 74.0% |
| 2007 | 73.4% |
| 2006 | 72.3% |
| 2005 | 71.0% |
| 2004 | 69.3% |
| 2003 | 69.7% |
| 2002 | 69.5% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/DE-72.EMPRATE.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/DE-72.EMPRATE.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```