Employment — national citizens

In 2024, Germany's employment decreased by 0.3% compared to 2023, reaching 34,834k.

Germany accounts for 19.2% of the EU-27 total of 181,463k.

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 2.8% (from 35,840k in 2019).

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