Press release No. 030 of 25 January 2017
WIESBADEN – On 31 December 2015, 2.8 million people were employed in medical health occupations in Germany, which was an increase of 47,000 compared with the end of 2014. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of people employed in medical health occupations rose by 1.7%, but at a lower rate than in the two preceding years (2014: +59,000 or +2.2%; 2013: +76,000 or +2.9%).
Basic data and long time series are available in table Employees in healthcare (23621-0001) in the GENESIS-Online database.