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Germany - Female Labor Force Participation and Gender Wage Gap 75.97

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 187 economies tracked

Latest value

75.97 (2025)

Global rank

##28 of 187 economies

Share of global total

0.7%

Growth since 1990

1.32×

Ranking Race — Female Labor Force Participation and Gender Wage Gap

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#13#25#37#49#61#7319901995200020052010201520202025#74#282022 overtook Vietnam2025 overtook Kazakhstan
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Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2025. Germany climbed from #74 to #28 (overtook Vietnam). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Germany ↓

Key Events — Germany

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1990
Reunification curated

East and West Germany unify, reshaping Europe's largest economy.

1999
Euro adoption curated

Germany becomes the anchor economy of the new single currency.

2009
Global crisis recession curated

Exports collapse; GDP contracts sharply before a rapid rebound.

2022
Overtook Vietnam in global rank auto
2022
Energy crisis curated

Gas supply shock drives inflation to decades-high levels.

2025
Overtook Kazakhstan in global rank auto

Female Labor Force Participation and Gender Wage Gap, 1990-2025

World Bank WDI · % of female population ages 15-64 · linear scale · ranking in the race above
1990200020102020202557.7163.869.8875.97

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