# Registered Unemployed — North Rhine-Westphalia

Registered Unemployed — North Rhine-Westphalia was up 1.2% year on year in October 2026, compared with 1.3% in September 2026.
The level stood at 784,578 persons.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −13.9% (Feb 2022) to 22.9% (Jul 2020), averaging 1.1%.

- Source agency: Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis)
- Makrognosis code: `DE-NW.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: persons
- Coverage: 2005-01-01 to 2026-10-01 (262 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/germany/registered-unemployed-north-rhine-westphalia

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| October 2026 | 784,578 persons | 1.2 |
| September 2026 | 792,700 persons | 1.3 |
| August 2026 | 808,970 persons | 0.6 |
| July 2026 | 793,155 persons | −0.8 |
| June 2026 | 779,623 persons | −0.2 |
| May 2026 | 780,973 persons | −0.00 |
| April 2026 | 793,110 persons | 1.4 |
| March 2026 | 789,840 persons | 0.3 |
| February 2026 | 796,582 persons | 1.0 |
| January 2026 | 798,016 persons | 1.3 |
| December 2025 | 767,017 persons | 2.0 |
| November 2025 | 765,710 persons | 2.4 |
| October 2025 | 775,503 persons | 3.0 |
| September 2025 | 782,198 persons | 3.8 |
| August 2025 | 803,815 persons | 4.0 |
| July 2025 | 799,196 persons | 4.7 |
| June 2025 | 780,910 persons | 5.1 |
| May 2025 | 780,998 persons | 5.7 |
| April 2025 | 781,790 persons | 5.2 |
| March 2025 | 787,516 persons | 6.4 |
| February 2025 | 788,482 persons | 5.7 |
| January 2025 | 787,853 persons | 6.2 |
| December 2024 | 752,317 persons | 5.8 |
| November 2024 | 747,545 persons | 5.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/DE-NW.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA"

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