Number of short-time workers Germany 2022

In May 2022, during the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 276,500 people in Germany were put on short-time work. According to the source, the cyclical reduced hours compensation is guaranteed when the regular customary weekly working hours in companies are temporarily reduced due to economic reasons or uncontrollable circumstances. This requires that conditions listed in §§ 95 to 109 in the Sozialgesetzbuch III (Code of Social Law, SGB III) are fulfilled.

Number of short-time workers in Germany annually from 1991 to 2020 and monthly from January 2021 to May 2022

Characteristic	Number of short-time workers
May 22*	276,500
Apr '22*	399,100
Mar '22*	888,103
Feb '22*	1,086,576
Jan '22*	1,123,426
Dec '21**	956,796
Nov '21**	767,160
Oct '21	780,353
Sep '21	858,680
Aug '21	857,486
Jul '21	1,087,877
Jun '21	1,568,065
May '21	2,341,950
Apr '21	2,583,330
Mar '21	3,015,863
Feb '21	3,766,158
Jan '21	3,637,911
Dec '20	2,856,187
Nov '20	2,405,048
Oct '20	2,037,069
Sep '20	2,244,063
Aug '20	2,550,769
Jul '20	3,318,830
Jun '20	4,464,299
May '20	5,726,323
Apr '20	6,006,765
Mar '20	2,834,310
Feb '20	439,353
Jan '20	382,423
2019	145,276
2018	117,659
2017	113,552
2016	127,811
2015	129,625
2014	133,604
2013	190,845
2012	170,529
2011	157,886
2010	502,694
2009	1,144,407
2008	101,540
2007	68,317
2006	66,981
2005	125,505
2004	150,593
2003	195,371
2002	206,767
2001	122,942
2000	86,052
1999	118,647
1998	115,205
1997	182,853
1996	277,294
1995	198,580
1994	372,288
1993	948,363
1992	653,016
1991	1,761,232

Loading statistic...

Download

Source

Show detailed source information?

Already a member?

Sources

Use Ask Statista Research Service

Release date

September 2022

More information

Region

Germany

Survey time period

1991 to 2022

Supplementary notes

* Estimates by the ifo Instiute.

** Estimates by the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit).

The estimates of the ifo Institute were retrieved from the ifo express service in December 2020 and the press release from June 2, 2022.

Figures until November 2021 refer to final information from the Federal Employment Agency. Final numbers on completed short-time work will be available only after a waiting period of five months, according to the source.

As the figures for 2020 and 2021 refer to the number of short-time work employees in the months listed, these are not directly comparable to figures from previous years, which show annual average figures.

According to the source, the figures also include cases, which cannot be differentiated in the political structure.

Figures until 2019 were published in earlier reports of the Federal Employment Agency.

Citation formats