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Home office remains popular – but workers more often in the office
Germany is slightly above the EU cut with the home office-but fewer and fewer people are still working completely from home. Which age groups particularly rely on the home office.
The home office is also popular with workers in Germany after corona pandemic, but is used less frequently. Almost a quarter (24 percent) of all employed people were at least occasionally in the home office in 2024, as the Federal Statistical Office in Wiesbaden announced. The proportion was at a similar level as in previous years 2023 (23 percent) and 2022 (24 percent). Before the 2019 pandemic, only 13 percent of workers had worked in the home office.
However, the home office is less used than in the partly characterized by Corona pandemic for previous years. In 2024, only 24 percent of the people who used the home office only worked from home. In 2023 it was 26 percent, at the pandemy year 2021 even 40 percent.
Use goes back
On the other hand, the proportion of those who spent less than half of their working days in the home office rose: in 2024, almost half (46 percent) worked as often or more often at work than from home. In 2023, 44 percent of workers were less common in the home office than at work, 2021 it was 31 percent.
According to the statistics, HomeOffice is particularly popular in the age groups that typically have to combine work and family. In 2024, the highest home office share among all employed people had 35- to 44-year-olds with 29 percent, followed by the 25 to 34 year olds with 28 percent.
Home office in Germany slightly over an EU cut
In the EU comparison, Germany was slightly above average in 2024 with the HomeOffice rate of 24 percent. In average, 23 percent of all employees aged 15 and over, at least occasionally, worked from home. In the Netherlands (52 percent), Sweden (46) and Luxembourg (43), the home office was the highest. The quota in Bulgaria (3 percent), Romania (4) and Greece (8) was the lowest.
dpa
Source: Stern
