# Unemployment Rate (15-74) — Köln (NUTS-2 DEA2)

Unemployment Rate (15-74) — Köln (NUTS-2 DEA2) was 3.9% in 2025, up 0.2 percentage points from 2024.
That is the highest reading since 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.2% (2022) to 4.8% (2015), averaging 3.8%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `DE-A2.UNEMP.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1999-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (27 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/germany/unemployment-rate-15-74-koln-nuts-2-dea2

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 3.9% |
| 2024 | 3.7% |
| 2023 | 3.3% |
| 2022 | 3.2% |
| 2021 | 4.1% |
| 2020 | 4.1% |
| 2019 | 3.4% |
| 2018 | 3.7% |
| 2017 | 3.7% |
| 2016 | 3.9% |
| 2015 | 4.8% |
| 2014 | 5.3% |
| 2013 | 5.8% |
| 2012 | 5.4% |
| 2011 | 6.0% |
| 2010 | 7.0% |
| 2009 | 7.2% |
| 2008 | 7.0% |
| 2007 | 7.8% |
| 2006 | 9.1% |
| 2005 | 9.4% |
| 2004 | 8.3% |
| 2003 | 8.0% |
| 2002 | 6.3% |

## API

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

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