Germany Employment Rate

Employment Rate in Germany increased to 76.50 percent in the second quarter of 2019 from 76.30 percent in the first quarter of 2019. Employment Rate in Germany averaged 69.26 percent from 1992 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 76.50 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 and a record low of 63.60 percent in the second quarter of 1997.

Employment Rate in Germany is expected to be 75.60 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Employment Rate in Germany to stand at 75.30 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Germany Employment Rate is projected to trend around 75.20 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Germany Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.10	3.10	11.50	0.40	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	45096.00	45089.00	45131.00	37643.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	2234.03	2319.41	5288.25	84.97	Thousand	[+]
Unemployment Change	-10.00	2.00	264.00	-96.00	Thousand	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.30	1.30	6.30	1.30	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	5.70	5.70	15.90	5.70	percent	[+]
Productivity	99.10	98.80	105.70	17.00	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	108.22	116.69	116.69	78.67	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	787.27	794.92	891.70	57.80	Thousand	[+]
Wages	3997.00	3932.00	3997.00	1832.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wage Growth	1.30	1.20	6.00	-2.70	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	165.00	102.70	165.00	7.70	Index Points	[+]
Minimum Wages	9.19	8.84	9.19	8.50	EUR/Hour	[+]
Population	82.85	82.52	82.85	72.54	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	65.67	65.58	65.67	65.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.67	65.58	65.67	65.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	61.60	61.50	61.80	56.90	percent	[+]
Living Wage Family	1990.00	1960.00	1990.00	1770.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1240.00	1210.00	1240.00	1060.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Part Time Employment	11227.10	11035.40	11227.10	6330.60	Thousand	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	2050.00	2100.00	2100.00	1950.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	3550.00	3550.00	3550.00	3400.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Employment Change	0.10	0.30	0.90	-0.90	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	76.50	76.30	76.50	63.60	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	29449.20	29781.60	30031.60	26748.40	Thousand	[+]

Germany Employment Rate

In Germany, the employment rate measures the number of people who have a job as a percentage of the working age population. This page provides - Germany Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Germany Employment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	76.50	76.30	76.50	63.60	1992 - 2019	percent	Quarterly	NSA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Mexico	96.26	Aug/19	96.29	97.23 : 93.58	%
Switzerland	80.60	Jun/19	79.9	81.3 : 76.9	%
Netherlands	78.10	Jun/19	77.7	78.1 : 63.5	%
Germany	76.50	Jun/19	76.3	76.5 : 63.6	%
United Kingdom	75.90	Jul/19	76.1	76.1 : 65.6	%
France	66.00	Jun/19	66.1	66.1 : 63.5	%
Spain	64.49	Jun/19	63.58	67.18 : 54.91	%
Australia	62.70	Sep/19	62.7	62.9 : 54	%
Canada	62.10	Sep/19	62	63.7 : 56	%
South Korea	61.50	Sep/19	61.4	61.6 : 56.1	%
United States	61.00	Sep/19	60.9	64.7 : 55	%
Japan	60.90	Aug/19	60.7	65.4 : 55.9	%
Russia	59.90	Aug/19	59.7	66.6 : 58.8	%
Italy	59.10	Jul/19	59.2	59.2 : 55.3	%
Brazil	54.70	Aug/19	54.7	57.3 : 53.1	%
India	46.80	Dec/18	47.8	50.8 : 46.8	%
Turkey	45.50	Jul/19	45.6	47.9 : 38.9	%
Argentina	42.60	Jun/19	42.3	43.4 : 36.3	%
South Africa	42.44	Jun/19	42.56	46.17 : 41	%