| Year | Total 1,000 |
Agruculture, forestry and fishing (primary sector) Proportion in % |
Production industry (secondary sector) Proportion in % |
Other service activities (tertiary sector) Proportion in % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source: Results of employment accounts according to national accounts definitions. 1: Including family workers. 2: 1950 to 1969 Classification of Economic actilvities, 1979 edition. 1970 to 1990: Classification of Economic actilvities, 2003 edition. From 1991: Classification of Economic actilvities, 2008 edition. 3: Until 1990 former territory of the Federal Republic. 1950 to 1959 without Berlin and Saarland. |
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| 2025 | 3,666 | 5.7 | 16.9 | 77.4 |
| 2024 | 3,704 | 5.7 | 17.1 | 77.2 |
| 2023 | 3,787 | 5.7 | 17.2 | 77.1 |
| 2022 | 3,862 | 5.6 | 17.5 | 76.9 |
| 2021 | 3,944 | 5.6 | 17.7 | 76.7 |
| 2020 | 4,039 | 5.6 | 17.9 | 76.5 |
| 2019 | 4,146 | 5.8 | 17.7 | 76.5 |
| 2018 | 4,229 | 5.9 | 17.7 | 76.4 |
| 2017 | 4,293 | 5.9 | 17.6 | 76.5 |
| 2016 | 4,360 | 6.2 | 17.5 | 76.3 |
| 2015 | 4,414 | 6.4 | 17.5 | 76.1 |
| 2014 | 4,466 | 6.6 | 17.6 | 75.8 |
| 2013 | 4,501 | 6.8 | 17.7 | 75.5 |
| 2012 | 4,527 | 7.0 | 17.6 | 75.4 |
| 2011 | 4,531 | 7.3 | 17.5 | 75.3 |
| 2010 | 4,518 | 7.4 | 17.4 | 75.2 |
| 2009 | 4,493 | 7.6 | 17.5 | 74.9 |
| 2008 | 4,479 | 7.9 | 17.6 | 74.5 |
| 2007 | 4,469 | 8.0 | 17.6 | 74.4 |
| 2006 | 4,436 | 8.3 | 17.5 | 74.2 |
| 2005 | 4,381 | 8.6 | 17.5 | 74.0 |
| 2004 | 4,260 | 9.1 | 17.3 | 73.6 |
| 2003 | 4,134 | 9.7 | 17.6 | 72.8 |
| 2002 | 4,062 | 10.1 | 17.8 | 72.1 |
| 2001 | 4,028 | 10.5 | 17.8 | 71.7 |
| 2000 | 4,013 | 10.9 | 17.9 | 71.2 |
| 1999 | 3,991 | 11.2 | 17.9 | 70.9 |
| 1998 | 3,963 | 11.5 | 17.8 | 70.8 |
| 1997 | 3,915 | 11.8 | 17.9 | 70.3 |
| 1996 | 3,856 | 12.6 | 18.0 | 69.3 |
| 1995 | 3,797 | 13.9 | 17.8 | 68.4 |
| 1994 | 3,746 | 15.4 | 17.4 | 67.2 |
| 1993 | 3,668 | 16.6 | 17.2 | 66.2 |
| 1992 | 3,608 | 17.8 | 17.0 | 65.2 |
| 1991 | 3,563 | 18.7 | 16.7 | 64.7 |
| 1990 | 3,105 | 24.6 | 15.7 | 59.6 |
| 1989 | 3,081 | 25.9 | 15.7 | 58.4 |
| 1988 | 3,056 | 27.5 | 15.5 | 57.0 |
| 1987 | 3,061 | 28.7 | 15.4 | 55.9 |
| 1986 | 3,084 | 29.8 | 15.6 | 54.7 |
| 1985 | 3,061 | 30.3 | 15.8 | 53.9 |
| 1984 | 3,059 | 31.5 | 16.1 | 52.4 |
| 1983 | 3,057 | 32.8 | 16.2 | 51.0 |
| 1982 | 3,091 | 33.7 | 16.5 | 49.8 |
| 1981 | 3,124 | 34.8 | 16.5 | 48.7 |
| 1980 | 3,154 | 35.4 | 16.6 | 47.9 |
| 1979 | 3,168 | 35.5 | 16.8 | 47.7 |
| 1978 | 3,241 | 37.3 | 16.6 | 46.2 |
| 1977 | 3,296 | 38.0 | 16.8 | 45.2 |
| 1976 | 3,425 | 39.0 | 16.5 | 44.5 |
| 1975 | 3,596 | 40.5 | 16.0 | 43.4 |
| 1974 | 3,741 | 41.3 | 16.2 | 42.6 |
| 1973 | 3,878 | 42.2 | 16.1 | 41.8 |
| 1972 | 3,968 | 43.1 | 16.1 | 40.8 |
| 1971 | 4,093 | 43.9 | 15.9 | 40.3 |
| 1970 | 4,341 | 44.2 | 15.6 | 40.2 |
| 1969 | 4,604 | 45.6 | 17.1 | 37.3 |
| 1968 | 4,785 | 46.4 | 17.0 | 36.6 |
| 1967 | 4,896 | 47.3 | 16.9 | 35.9 |
| 1966 | 5,036 | 48.3 | 16.7 | 35.0 |
| 1965 | 5,130 | 48.9 | 16.6 | 34.5 |
| 1964 | 5,269 | 49.6 | 16.5 | 33.9 |
| 1963 | 5,483 | 49.9 | 16.6 | 33.5 |
| 1962 | 5,658 | 51.0 | 16.3 | 32.7 |
| 1961 | 5,861 | 51.1 | 16.4 | 32.5 |
| 1960 | 5,990 | 51.6 | 16.5 | 31.9 |
| 1959 | 5,874 | 54.0 | 16.1 | 29.9 |
| 1958 | 5,936 | 54.9 | 16.2 | 28.9 |
| 1957 | 5,948 | 55.5 | 16.3 | 28.2 |
| 1956 | 5,952 | 55.9 | 16.5 | 27.6 |
| 1955 | 5,990 | 56.5 | 16.5 | 27.0 |
As at 22 May 2026