# Employment Rate (20-64) — Köln (NUTS-2 DEA2)

Employment Rate (20-64) — Köln (NUTS-2 DEA2) was 79.8% in 2025, up 0.2 percentage points from 2024.
That is the highest reading since the series began in 1999.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 75.3% (2015) to 79.8% (2025), averaging 77.7%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `DE-A2.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-koln-nuts-2-dea2

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 79.8% |
| 2024 | 79.6% |
| 2023 | 79.5% |
| 2022 | 78.9% |
| 2021 | 77.0% |
| 2020 | 76.5% |
| 2019 | 78.0% |
| 2018 | 76.9% |
| 2017 | 76.8% |
| 2016 | 76.8% |
| 2015 | 75.3% |
| 2014 | 74.9% |
| 2013 | 74.0% |
| 2012 | 74.0% |
| 2011 | 73.7% |
| 2010 | 72.5% |
| 2009 | 72.0% |
| 2008 | 71.8% |
| 2007 | 71.2% |
| 2006 | 69.4% |
| 2005 | 67.9% |
| 2004 | 65.6% |
| 2003 | 66.4% |
| 2002 | 66.7% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/DE-A2.EMPRATE.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/DE-A2.EMPRATE.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```