Germany's unemployment rate at 2.8% in December 2022

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) – The unemployment rate was at 2.8% in Germany as of December 2022, down from 3% in the same month of 2021, official figures showed on Tuesday.

There were 1.22 million unemployed people in December across the country, down by 95,000 people versus December 2021, according to the Federal Statistical Institute (Destatis).

"Roughly 45.7 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in December 2022," it added.

The seasonally adjusted number of people in employment was slightly up by 21,000 in December on a monthly basis.