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2.2 million people in Germany have fixed-term employment contracts

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2,2 Millionen Menschen in Deutschland sind befristet beschäftigt

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Around 2.2 million people in Germany had a fixed-term employment contract in 2025, accounting for 6.0% of core workers aged 15 to 64. This share has decreased slightly over the past ten years from 7.0% in 2015.

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