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Germany: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate)

61.67percent · 2025+2.4% since 2015

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Reported as: national estimate. Annual figures for Germany from 1983 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202561.667
202461.848
202361.672
202261.038
202160.661
202060.558
201961.966
201861.264
201761.242
201661.028
201560.215
201460.436
201360.368
201260.074
201160.139
201059.328
200959.652
200859.37
200759.178
200659.2
200558.413
200456.872
200357.317
200257.272
200157.479
200057.458
199957.86
199857.68
199757.669
199657.606
199557.715
199458.159
199358.314
199258.721
199159.417
199058.035
198956.116
198855.816
198755.332
198655.41
198555.014
198454.911
198354.333

Source

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+) (national estimate). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-labor-force-participation-rate-total-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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