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Labor Force Participation Rate for Germany, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
60.57%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +4.1% since 1990
Labor participation for Germany was 60.57% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 61.31% in 2019. The lowest was 57.46% in 2004 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.12% per year.
Germany ranks 99 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 53%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Germany sits above it. It peaked in 2019 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
60.57%
First (1990)
58.17%
Change
+4.1%
Highest
61.31%
in 2019
Lowest
57.46%
in 2004
Average
59.34%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.12%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 60.57% |
| 2024 | 60.92% |
| 2023 | 61.05% |
| 2022 | 60.84% |
| 2021 | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 60.48% |
| 2019 | 61.31% |
| 2018 | 60.86% |
| 2017 | 60.66% |
| 2016 | 60.41% |
| 2015 | 60.22% |
| 2014 | 60.38% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.