Germany: mining & quarrying sector employees 2021

In 2021, the number of employees in the mining and quarrying industry in Germany remained nearly unchanged at around 37,078 employees. Nevertheless, this was the first time during the observed period that the number of employees in this industry increased in Germany.
According to Eurostat employed persons are all persons aged 15 and over who performed work, even for just one hour per week, for pay, profit or family gain during the reference week or were not at work but had a job or business from which they were temporarily absent because of, for instance, illness, holidays, industrial dispute, and education or training.

Find more statistics on the mining and quarrying industry in Germany with key insights such as number of enterprises, turnover, production value, and personnel costs.

Total number of employees in the mining and quarrying sector in Germany from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of employees
2021	37,078
2020	36,663
2019	38,001
2018b	46,154
2017	51,280
2016	54,070
2015	57,518
2014	59,739
2013	59,741
2012	64,728

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Release date

March 2024

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Germany

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
The source adds the following information: Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work
Data coverage corresponds to code B of CE Rev 2.

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