# Registered Unemployment Rate — North Rhine-Westphalia (all civilian labour force)

Registered Unemployment Rate — North Rhine-Westphalia (all civilian labour force) was 7.8% in October 2026, down 0.1 percentage points from September 2026 and up 0.10 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.4% (Oct 2018) to 8.2% (Aug 2020), averaging 7.3%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| October 2026 | 7.8% |
| September 2026 | 7.9% |
| August 2026 | 8.0% |
| July 2026 | 7.9% |
| June 2026 | 7.7% |
| May 2026 | 7.8% |
| April 2026 | 7.9% |
| March 2026 | 7.9% |
| February 2026 | 7.9% |
| January 2026 | 8.0% |
| December 2025 | 7.6% |
| November 2025 | 7.6% |
| October 2025 | 7.7% |
| September 2025 | 7.8% |
| August 2025 | 8.0% |
| July 2025 | 8.0% |
| June 2025 | 7.8% |
| May 2025 | 7.8% |
| April 2025 | 7.8% |
| March 2025 | 7.9% |
| February 2025 | 7.9% |
| January 2025 | 7.9% |
| December 2024 | 7.5% |
| November 2024 | 7.5% |

## API

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

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