Employment — national citizens

In 2021, Germany's employment decreased by 1.2% compared to 2020, reaching 34,729k.

Germany accounts for 19.6% of the EU-27 total of 177,389k.

Germany ranks 1st out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 3.0% (from 35,812k in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.