# Germany Labour Force

Germany Labour Force was down 0.3% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.1% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 43,857 Thousand persons.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2020.
Among the 4 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the lowest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.5% (Q4 2020) to 2.4% (Q2 2022), averaging 0.6%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `DE.LF.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: Thousand persons
- Coverage: 2009-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (70 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/germany/labour-force

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 43,857 Thousand persons | −0.3 |
| Q1 2026 | 43,944 Thousand persons | 0.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 44,137 Thousand persons | 0.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 44,044 Thousand persons | 0.3 |
| Q2 2025 | 43,967 Thousand persons | 0.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 43,890 Thousand persons | 0.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 44,005 Thousand persons | 0.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 43,920 Thousand persons | 0.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 43,863 Thousand persons | 0.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 43,735 Thousand persons | 0.5 |
| Q4 2023 | 43,656 Thousand persons | 0.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 43,607 Thousand persons | 0.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 43,648 Thousand persons | 1.2 |
| Q1 2023 | 43,535 Thousand persons | 2.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 43,354 Thousand persons | 2.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 43,199 Thousand persons | 1.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 43,131 Thousand persons | 2.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 42,682 Thousand persons | 2.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 42,483 Thousand persons | 1.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 42,373 Thousand persons | 1.5 |
| Q2 2021 | 42,100 Thousand persons | 0.8 |
| Q1 2021 | 41,828 Thousand persons | −0.01 |
| Q4 2020 | 41,686 Thousand persons | −2.5 |
| Q3 2020 | 41,731 Thousand persons | −1.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/DE.LF.Q.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/DE.LF.Q.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```