The Federal Labour Agency released its unemployment figures for Germany on Tuesday. The number of unemployed people in Germany fell by 14,000 in December, exceeding expectations for a 7,000 decline, after a 14,000 decrease in November. November's figure was revised up from a 13,000 decline.

The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6.3% in December, in line with expectations.

The number of unemployed people was 1.94 million in November, according to Destatis.

Destatis said that Germany's adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.5% in November.

The employment rate climbed to 65.9% in November from 65.4% in October, according to Destatis.