Germany: manufacture of tobacco products employees 2021

In 2021, the number of employees in the tobacco product manufacturing industry in Germany decreased by 1,151 employees (-12.4 percent) since 2020. This marks the lowest number of employees in this industry during the observed period.
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 tobacco product manufacturing industry in Germany with key insights such as number of enterprises, turnover, production value, and personnel costs.

Number of employees in the tobacco products manufacturing sector in Germany from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of employees
2021	8,128
2020	9,279
2019	11,175
2018b	11,180
2017	9,756
2016	9,988
2015	10,317
2014	10,485
2013	10,481
2012	10,494

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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 further explanation: 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 Section C12 of CE Rev2.

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