This data set provides unemployment rates in all federal states of Germany in September 1999.
| No. | Federal state | Unemployment rate |
| 1 | Schleswig-Holstein | 8.7 |
| 2 | Hamburg | 9.8 |
| 3 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 17.3 |
| 4 | Niedersachsen | 9.8 |
| 5 | Bremen | 13.9 |
| 6 | Nordrhein-Westfalen | 9.8 |
| 7 | Hessen | 7.9 |
| 8 | Rheinland-Pfalz | 7.7 |
| 9 | Saarland | 10.4 |
| 10 | Baden-Württemberg | 6.2 |
| 11 | Bayern | 5.8 |
| 12 | Berlin | 15.8 |
| 13 | Brandenburg | 17.1 |
| 14 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 19.9 |
| 15 | Thüringen | 15.1 |
| 16 | Sachsen | 16.8 |