Employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64

In 2025, Germany's employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64 increased by 0.1% compared to 2024, reaching 150.6.

Germany accounts for 113.4% of the EU-27 total of 132.8.

Germany ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 6.5% (from 141.4 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem050, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.