Unemployment rate during each mayor's tenure

89 mayors, ranked by how the unemployment rate changed from their first day in office, next to the country over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	Mayor	City	In office	Total	vs country	Per year	Chart
1	Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón	Madrid	14 Jun 2003 – 27 Dec 2011 from 2004	+8.9 pp 2004 → 2011	−0.2 pp country +9.1 pp	+1.3 pp/yr
2	Henning Scherf	Bremen	4 Jul 1995 – 8 Nov 2005 from 1996	+5.5 pp 1996 → 2005	+3.3 pp country +2.2 pp	+0.6 pp/yr
3	Jozias van Aartsen	The Hague	27 Mar 2008 – 17 Mar 2017	+4.7 pp 2008 → 2016	+2.3 pp country +2.4 pp	+0.6 pp/yr
4	Mihhail Kõlvart	Tallinn	4 Apr 2019 – 14 Apr 2024	+4.2 pp 2019 → 2024	+1.0 pp country +3.2 pp	+0.8 pp/yr
5	Eva Weber	Augsburg	1 May 2020 – 4 May 2026	+2.4 pp 2020 → 2024	+2.4 pp country 0.0 pp	+0.6 pp/yr
6	Fritz Schramma	Cologne	20 Sep 2000 – 21 Oct 2009 from 2001	+2.0 pp 2001 → 2009	+2.6 pp country −0.6 pp	+0.3 pp/yr
7	Edgar Savisaar	Tallinn	9 Apr 2007 – 30 Sep 2015	+1.9 pp 2007 → 2015	+0.1 pp country +1.8 pp	+0.2 pp/yr
8	Aleid Wolfsen	Utrecht	2 Jan 2008 – 1 Jan 2014	+1.7 pp 2008 → 2012	+0.1 pp country +1.6 pp	+0.4 pp/yr
9	Peter Tschentscher	Hamburg	28 Mar 2018 – now	+1.6 pp 2018 → 2024	+1.7 pp country −0.1 pp	+0.3 pp/yr
10	Uwe Schneidewind	Wuppertal	1 Nov 2020 – 1 Nov 2025	+1.5 pp 2020 → 2024	+1.5 pp country 0.0 pp	+0.4 pp/yr

Showing 10 of 94 tenures.

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); the country is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of labour force · Eurostat Urban Audit (urb_clma) · city (Urban Audit boundary) data · as of Jan 2025.