Work & Labour in Germany

1,018 indicators covering work & labour for Germany.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Female unemployment rate 3.4% 2025 down 19.0% 140th
Share of male vs. female employment in industry 37.4% 2025 down 5.3% 17th
Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture 1.4% 2025 down 21.6% 175th
Share of male vs. female employment in services 61.2% 2025 up 4.2% 56th
Employment rate, men vs. women 63.4% 2025 up 0.7% 112th
Employment rate 58.3% 2025 up 1.5% 88th
Youth unemployment rate 6.9% 2025 down 6.4% 145th
Population by labor force status 11.67 million people 2025 up 7.7% 37th
Employee compensation as share of government spending 5.7% 2022 down 9.2% 154th
CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 11.9 2025 up 22.8% 159th
LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 3,220 2024 down 33.0% 14th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 1,377 Persons 2022 down 10.8% 20th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 3,208 Persons 2022 up 13.3% 9th
Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 0.4% 2020 down 29.8% 126th
Female labor force by age 763,855 people 2024 up 102.6% 15th
Labor force participation rate by age 54.5% 2024 up 8.9% 32nd
Female labor force participation rate by age 52.3% 2024 up 9.2% 34th
Jobs gap 4,381 2024 up 7.8% 6th
Jobs gap rate 9.3 2024 up 1.1% 43rd
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 2,890 2024 up 46.6% 6th
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 6.1 2024 up 35.6% 26th
Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 6.6% 2024 down 13.2% 149th
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.0018 units per square kilometre 2023 up 10.8% 101st
Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0016 units per square kilometre 2023 down 72.0% 85th
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 3.67 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% 43rd
Employment by status 91.8% 2024 up 3.1% 15th
Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 91.8% 2024 up 3.1% 15th
Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per square kilometre 0.0057 units per square kilometre 2023 up 38.1% 131st
Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre 0.0057 units per square kilometre 2023 up 38.1% 131st
Employment 42,553 2025 up 5.7% 15th
Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth -0.0422 % change on previous year 2025 up 79.7% 75th
Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate -0.0422 % change on previous year 2025 up 79.7% 75th
Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate -0.0422 % change on previous year 2025 up 79.7% 75th
Cases of fatal occupational injury 361 2024 down 31.5% 23rd
Annual growth of GDP per employed person 1.6% 2025 up 134.3% 95th
Unemployment with basic education 6.9% 2024 down 40.4% 61st
Unemployment with basic education, male 7.4% 2024 down 44.4% 52nd
Unemployment with intermediate education 2.8% 2024 down 40.1% 115th
Unemployment with basic education, female 6.3% 2024 down 35.4% 78th
Unemployment with advanced education 2.5% 2024 up 2.3% 102nd
Unemployment with intermediate education, female 2.5% 2024 down 41.0% 115th
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 0.38 2024 unchanged 160th
Level of national compliance with labor rights 0.38 score 2024 unchanged 161st
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 7.6% 2024 up 19.0% 108th
Unemployment with intermediate education, male 3.1% 2024 down 39.1% 102nd
Labor force with basic education, female 36.9% 2024 up 26.2% 61st
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 7.8% 2024 up 8.9% 106th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 7.3% 2024 up 31.4% 109th
Labor force with basic education, male 56.5% 2024 up 12.3% 71st
Labor force with basic education 46.1% 2024 up 22.7% 70th
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 59.2% 2024 down 2.8% 46th
Labor force with intermediate education, male 68.0% 2024 down 0.3% 93rd
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 63.4% 2024 down 1.7% 72nd
Unemployment with advanced education, male 2.3% 2024 up 1.9% 105th
Labor force with advanced education, male 73.3% 2024 down 0.3% 114th
Labor force with advanced education 73.1% 2024 down 1.3% 98th
Labor force with advanced education, female 72.8% 2024 down 2.6% 77th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 54.9% 2025 up 4.7% 63rd
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 63.9% 2025 up 1.9% 107th
Unemployment with advanced education, female 2.8% 2024 up 1.3% 97th