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Press release No. 551 of 20 December 2022 1.4% more pensioners in the public service in 2022
On 1 January 2022, the number of public service pensioners amounted to 1,380,300 in accordance with the public officials’ and soldiers’ pensions law. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 1.4% on a year …
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Press release No. 258 of 22 June 2022 Public service in 2021: strongest increase in personnel since German reunification
Roughly 5.1 million people in Germany were employed in the public service in 2021 (as at 30 June 2021). To mark the Public Service Day on 23 June 2022, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that, based on provisional results, this was an …
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Press release No. 587 of 20 December 2021 1.5% more pensioners in the public service in 2021
On 1 January 2021, the number of public service pensioners amounted to 1,360,800 in accordance with the public officials’ and soldiers’ pensions law. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 1.5% on a year …
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Press release No. 289 of 22 June 2021 Public service in 2020: personnel increased again in child day care centres and the police
Roughly 5.0 million people were employed in the public service in Germany in mid-2020. To coincide with the Public Service Day on 23 June 2021 the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 83,200, or 1.7%, compared …
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Press release No. 512 of 16 December 2020 2.1% more pensioners in public service in 2020
On 1 January 2020, the number of public service pensioners amounted to 1,340,200 in accordance with the public officials’ and soldiers’ pensions law. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 2.1% on a year …
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Press release No. N 057 of 18 September 2020 Number of police trainees has more than doubled since 2010
The number of trainees in the federal and Land police forces has more than doubled in the past decade (+123.1%). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of trainees in the federal police forces has increased by 240.5 % to …
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Press release No. 226 of 23 June 2020 Public service personnel, 2019: police up by 6,800 and child day care centres by 11,900
More police staff and more personnel in municipal day care centres for children increased public service employment until mid-2019. To coincide with the Public Service Day on 23 June 2020, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that …
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Press release No. N 021 of 29 April 2020 More than one out of ten persons in employment in Germany worked in the public service in 2018
As at the reference date of 30 June 2018, approximately 4.8 million people were employed in the public service. That was an increase of 1.3%, or 63,000, compared with a year earlier. To mark Labour Day on 1 May 2020, the Federal Statistical Office ( …
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Press release No. 494 of 18 December 2019 Number of public service pensioners up 1.9% in 2019 year on year
On 1 January 2019, the number of public service pensioners amounted to 1,313,300 in accordance with the public officials’ and soldiers’ pensions law. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 1.9% on a year …
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Press release No. 234 of 21 June 2019 Public service personnel, 2018: police +7,000 and child day care centres +9,200
More police staff and more personnel in municipal day care centres for children increased public service employment until mid-2018. To coincide with the Public Service Day on 23 June, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that …
