# Unemployment Rate (15-74) — Leipzig (NUTS-2 DED5)

Unemployment Rate (15-74) — Leipzig (NUTS-2 DED5) was 5.2% in 2025, down 0.3 percentage points from 2024.
That is the lowest reading since 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.5% (2022) to 7.7% (2015), averaging 5.2%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `DE-D5.UNEMP.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2005-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (21 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/germany/unemployment-rate-15-74-leipzig-nuts-2-ded5

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 5.2% |
| 2024 | 5.5% |
| 2023 | 4.5% |
| 2022 | 3.5% |
| 2021 | 4.5% |
| 2020 | 5.3% |
| 2019 | 4.7% |
| 2018 | 4.8% |
| 2017 | 5.1% |
| 2016 | 6.0% |
| 2015 | 7.7% |
| 2014 | 8.3% |
| 2013 | 9.2% |
| 2012 | 9.5% |
| 2011 | 11.1% |
| 2010 | 12.1% |
| 2009 | 13.1% |
| 2008 | 14.3% |
| 2007 | 17.3% |
| 2006 | 17.8% |
| 2005 | 20.3% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/DE-D5.UNEMP.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/DE-D5.UNEMP.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```