Employment (15-64, all citizenships)

In 2021, Germany's employment (15-64, all citizenships) decreased by 1.6% compared to 2020, reaching 39,503k.

Germany accounts for 20.5% of the EU-27 total of 192,571k.

Germany ranks 1st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.6% (from 40,165k in 2016).

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