Employment

Persons engaged in economic activity, Germany
Annual average in 1,000 persons
Year	with place of residence in Germany (National concept)	with place of work in Germany (Domestic concept)
¹ Preliminary result.
1991	38,664	38,621
1992	38,066	38,059
1993	37,541	37,555
1994	37,488	37,516
1995	37,546	37,601
1996	37,434	37,498
1997	37,390	37,463
1998	37,834	37,911
1999	38,339	38,424
2000	39,038	39,144
2001	39,209	39,316
2002	38,994	39,096
2003	38,633	38,726
2004	38,796	38,880
2005	38,741	38,835
2006¹	38,996	39,075
2007¹	39,656	39,724
2008¹	40,220	40,279
2009¹	40,171	40,265
% change on the previous year
1992	-1.5	-1.5
1993	-1.4	-1.3
1994	-0.1	-0.1
1995	0.2	0.2
1996	-0.3	-0.3
1997	-0.1	-0.1
1998	1.2	1.2
1999	1.3	1.4
2000	1.8	1.9
2001	0.4	0.4
2002	-0.5	-0.6
2003	-0,9	-0,9
2004	0.4	0.4
2005	-0.1	-0.1
2006¹	0.7	0.6
2007¹	1.7	1.7
2008¹	1.4	1.4
2009¹	-0.1	-0.1