Employment — national citizens

In 2025, Germany's employment decreased by 1.2% compared to 2024, reaching 34,433k.

Germany accounts for 19.0% of the EU-27 total of 181,552k.

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 2.1% (from 35,158k in 2020).

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