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Germany: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)

79.99percent · 2025+3.1% since 2015

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Reported as: modeled ILO estimate. Annual figures for Germany from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202579.994
202479.94
202379.762
202279.329
202178.655
202078.535
201979.208
201878.511
201778.178
201677.781
201577.575
201477.752
201377.605
201277.15
201177.022
201076.606
200976.415
200876.068
200775.917
200675.304
200573.891
200472.351
200372.368
200271.861
200171.646
200071.438
199971.527
199871.068
199770.965
199670.612
199570.814
199471.18
199370.819
199271.351
199171.937
199070.046

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-labor-force-participation-rate-total (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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