The number of unemployed people in Germany increased by 13.2% in April due to the Corona epidemic.

According to Arabia Net, you will have the largest increase in a month since 1991, the German Ministry of Labor announced Thursday.

The employment agency registered 308 thousand new unemployed compared to the previous month's data, bringing the number of unemployed to two million and 644 thousand people, and the unemployment rate to 5.8% .

German Minister of Economy Peter Altmire expected his country’s economy to contract by 6.3% in 2020 due to the repercussions of the Covid-19 epidemic.

It is the largest decrease in the largest economy in Europe since the start of recording these statistics in 1970.

Altair said that the effects of the epidemic will push our economy into recession after 10 years of growth, adding that the government expects the economy to recover in 2021.