Indicator history

According to data from the Microcensus, in 2010 the unemployment rate (Erwerbslosenquote) of migrants was twice as high as of persons without a migration background. Whereas the unemployment rate of persons without a migration background was 6.1 per cent (2009: 6.6 per cent), it was 11.8 per cent (2009: 13.1 per cent) among the population with a migration background.

With a rate of 12.6 per cent, male migrants had a significantly higher unemployment rate in 2010 (2009:13.9 per cent) than males without a migration background, for whom the rate was 6.4 per cent (2009: 6.8 per cent). While the unemployment rate for migrant women (2010: 10.7 per cent; 2009: 12.1 percent) was also twice as high as it was for women without a migration background (2010: 5.8 per cent; 2009: 6.4 per cent), the rate has fallen considerably from its level of 17.3 per cent in 2005.

Foreigners had the highest unemployment rate with 13.8 per cent in 2010 (2009: 14.9 per cent), with the rate among males being 14.5 per cent (2009: 15.6 per cent) and among females 12.8 per cent (2009: 13.9 per cent).

The highest levels of migrant unemployment in 2009 were among persons with a Russian background (male: 20.5 per cent, female: 17.2 per cent), a Turkish background (male: 18.2, 11.8 per cent) and a Serbian background (male: 18.2 per cent, female: 8.3).

According to statistics of the Federal Employment Agency, the unemployment rate (Arbeitslosenquote) for foreign nationals was more than twice as high as the rate for German nationals. In 2009, the unemployment rate for foreign nationals was 19.1 per cent and 8.3 per cent for German nationals.

Source:

• Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Migration, Flüchtlinge und Integration (ed.) (2011): Zweiter Integrationsindikatorenbericht, p.77ff., http://www.bundesregierung.de/Content/DE/_Anlagen/2012/01/2012-01-12-integrationsbericht.pdf;jsessionid=A07701E41DE227773CE79446453F372B.s2t1?__blob=publicationFile (accessed on 19.01.2012).

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  Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge, BAMF) (2010), Migranten am Arbeitsmarkt in Deutschland, Integrationsreport, Teil 9, Working Paper 36, Nuremberg, http://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/DE/Publikationen/WorkingPapers/wp36-migranten-am-arbeitsmarkt-in-deutschland.pdf;jsessionid=87E7D580BD068641B6B5E2284B7A123C.1_cid248?__blob=publicationFile (accessed on 19.01.2012).