Germany Employment Rate
The share of people aged 15-64 who are actually in work, regardless of whether others are looking.
77.3%
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Q1 2005 to Q2 2026
Source: FRED series LREM64TTDEQ156S · OECD, ages 15-64, seasonally adjusted, quarterly.
Germany Employment Rate in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Germany, the employment rate rose by 0.2pp over the year to Q2 2026, from 77.1% in Q2 2025.
It is the highest reading since Q2 2023.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 75.5% in Q2 2021 to 77.4% in Q2 2023.
Its average since Q1 2005 is 72.8%, and the latest reading is above that.
How this series is defined
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- Source
- OECD via FRED
- Series
- LREM64TTDEQ156S
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Q2 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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