Press release No. 460 of 18 December 2017
WIESBADEN – Roughly 25,500 teachers (public officials) went into retirement in 2016. Compared with 2015, the number of retirements declined by 2,400 (-8.6%). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of teachers' retirements decreased for the first time since 2009. In 2014 and 2015, the figure amounted to 27,900 each. This was the highest figure since the relevant statistical recording began in 1993.