# Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by activity rate, 2025

All 38 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `activity_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Labour force (employed plus unemployed) as a percentage of the population aged 16 and over (Spain, EPA) or 15 to 64 (EU).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Activity rates by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 64 (lfst_r_lfp2actrt) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfp2actrt/default/table)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: Eurostat. Activity rates by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 64 (lfst_r_lfp2actrt). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfp2actrt/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/activity-rate/germany-regions
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/activity-rate/germany-regions.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Oberbayern | 83.9 |
| 2 | Dresden | 83.8 |
| 3 | Schwaben | 83.6 |
| 4 | Niederbayern | 83.5 |
| 5 | Tübingen | 83.3 |
| 6 | Oberpfalz | 83 |
| 7 | Mittelfranken | 82.9 |
| 8 | Oberfranken | 82.6 |
| 8 | Stuttgart | 82.6 |
| 8 | Unterfranken | 82.6 |
| 11 | Freiburg | 82.3 |
| 12 | Trier | 82.2 |
| 13 | Koblenz | 81.8 |
| 13 | Weser-Ems | 81.8 |
| 15 | Karlsruhe | 81.4 |
| 16 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 81.3 |
| 17 | Kassel | 80.7 |
| 17 | Leipzig | 80.7 |
| 19 | Chemnitz | 80.5 |
| 19 | Thüringen | 80.5 |
| 21 | Detmold | 80.3 |
| 21 | Schleswig-Holstein | 80.3 |
| 23 | Lüneburg | 80.2 |
| 24 | Brandenburg | 80 |
| 25 | Münster | 79.1 |
| 26 | Braunschweig | 79 |
| 27 | Hannover | 78.9 |
| 27 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 78.9 |
| 29 | Köln | 78.8 |
| 29 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 78.8 |
| 31 | Gießen | 78.7 |
| 31 | Hamburg | 78.7 |
| 33 | Darmstadt | 78.6 |
| 34 | Saarland | 77.9 |
| 35 | Berlin | 77.7 |
| 36 | Arnsberg | 77.4 |
| 37 | Düsseldorf | 76.8 |
| 38 | Bremen | 75.4 |