Tab.2.3.24,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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"Teachers at general schools, by levels of education, school types and Länder 1)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,Pre-primary level,Pre-primary level,Primary level,Primary level,Primary level,Secondary level I,Secondary level I,Secondary level I,Secondary level I,Secondary level I,Secondary level I,Secondary level I,Secondary level I,Secondary level I,Secondary level II,Secondary level II,Secondary level II,Secondary level II,Secondary level II,Special needs school,Special needs school,Special needs school
,,"Levels of education, total",Pre-school class,School kindergarten,Primary school,Integrated comprehensive school,Free Waldorf School,Orientation stage independent of school type,Secondary general school,Schools with different courses of education,Intermediate school,Integrated comprehensive school 2),Free Waldorf School 2),Evening secondary general school,Evening intermediate school,Grammar school 2),Grammar school 3),Integrated comprehensive school 3),Free Waldorf School 3),Evening grammar school,Adult education college,Total 4),Focus on learning 5),Other focus 4)5)
Germany,Year 6),Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number
"Länder, total",1985,461691,1579,2968,111538,369,858,14101,88885,-,59308,13377,1293,31,439,65345,56606,2042,520,1164,1126,40142,18562,21580
"Länder, total",1990,453325,1684,3207,123826,435,993,14636,73860,-,53408,17482,1862,45,614,69018,47013,2160,684,1380,1349,39669,16516,23153
"Länder, total",1991 7),m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m
"Länder, total",1992,611674,2048,3619,171360,1499,1053,24279,74867,26579,65009,30137,2000,48,664,92587,52813,2994,804,1567,1488,56259,26464,29795
"Länder, total",1993,609647,2072,3790,169842,1372,1130,23220,75684,24335,65410,30837,2164,52,584,92488,53063,3352,832,1480,1509,56431,25806,30625
"Länder, total",1994,615053,2098,3895,171705,1321,1156,22889,76103,24640,66062,31598,2308,58,568,91888,53998,3860,859,1475,1468,57104,26006,31098
"Länder, total",1995,618927,1964,3710,174010,1364,1205,22836,75880,24492,66271,32233,2397,34,567,92344,53647,4232,861,1413,1424,58043,24685,30660
"Länder, total",1996,619075,1944,3725,174057,1311,1181,22254,75291,24251,67313,32567,2340,56,623,91410,53784,4516,944,1337,1404,58767,24342,31711
"Länder, total",1997,615004,1815,3587,171318,1287,1195,22986,73967,24351,67629,32815,2363,62,656,89662,53771,4759,999,1295,1274,59213,24077,32548
"Länder, total",1998,613587,1674,3550,168298,1202,1184,23955,73692,24488,68119,32935,2384,59,675,89258,54115,4974,1020,1234,1218,59553,23972,33056
"Länder, total",1999,613931,1571,3531,166538,1129,1195,24265,73141,26621,68367,33395,2426,60,639,89000,53556,4978,1020,1230,1161,60108,24661,32979
"Länder, total",2000,611196,1545,3503,162399,981,1242,23408,73589,28029,67774,33343,2479,60,631,90361,52419,4887,994,1218,1157,61177,24950,33638
"Länder, total",2001,612533,1491,3448,159935,966,1235,22707,74177,29957,67788,33111,2489,63,777,91379,52476,5049,1100,1185,1078,62122,25073,34653
"Länder, total",2002,612175,1236,3473,158158,960,1215,21001,74502,31336,67373,32711,2585,63,715,92387,52107,5241,1105,1193,1212,63602,25790,35353
"Länder, total",2003,608997,1192,3451,156770,918,1296,17440,74501,31579,68020,31805,2663,69,788,92372,52925,5424,1161,1267,1309,64047,25644,36079
"Länder, total",2004,602210,1132,3072,157153,943,1263,7698,75095,29130,70862,30700,2692,65,817,94938,53163,5527,1167,1337,1353,64103,25222,36580
"Länder, total",2005,597377,458,2487,159934,626,1344,7159,72338,27544,69167,29469,2701,70,875,94515,54559,5806,1192,1326,1390,64416,24063,38162
"Länder, total",2006,597535,469,2413,162678,605,1359,7013,70483,26028,68712,28649,2786,70,910,95201,56024,5915,1210,1310,1444,64257,22991,39167
"Länder, total",2007,596323,552,2313,161872,651,1392,7086,67587,25975,68477,28455,2817,78,970,97220,56555,5855,1169,1309,1443,64550,22560,40021
"Länder, total",2008,596124,598,2380,162039,662,1368,7382,64179,26360,67917,28488,2845,66,970,93533,62474,6066,1100,1264,1419,65014,22209,40865
"Länder, total",2009,607408,624,2327,163891,728,1367,7880,62103,28105,67778,30821,2974,71,954,94669,67051,6060,1118,1198,1371,66317,22184,42339
"Länder, total",2010,614130,632,2328,163361,907,1401,8005,58325,31441,66263,34774,3082,65,968,93826,72148,6774,1098,1190,1454,66087,21550,42737
"Länder, total",2011,617325,654,2261,164199,1011,1407,7639,55804,32826,65292,38561,3204,72,977,96361,70761,7176,1147,1194,1497,65280,20648,43074
"Länder, total",2012,621411,684,2173,165010,1498,1451,7380,52466,34861,64254,42586,3284,62,966,97740,70913,7608,1152,1198,1556,64569,19449,43649
"Länder, total",2013,621159,672,2155,164872,2372,1464,7396,48698,37045,61425,47011,3364,48,972,97615,70406,8050,1133,1179,1468,63814,18570,43838
"Länder, total",2014,620681,627,2075,165862,3345,1468,7794,44637,39322,58303,51702,3364,50,952,95322,70622,8719,1185,1152,1428,62752,17595,43789
"Länder, total",2015,620760,644,2105,167273,4077,1524,7898,41357,40771,55880,55306,3337,48,895,94716,70312,9758,1224,1103,1420,61111,16465,43359
"Länder, total",2016,625488,637,2122,170393,4549,1705,8258,38029,42728,53397,60231,3186,66,874,94973,69502,10453,1316,1083,1397,60588,15778,43569
"Länder, total",2017,627323,687,2146,173365,5012,1620,7857,34986,43296,51773,65087,3342,67,865,96653,66100,10296,1277,1021,1371,60501,14118,45206
"Länder, total",2018,631468,538,2099,176661,4963,1666,8247,32888,43496,51119,68061,3379,57,836,97733,64657,11209,1310,968,1300,60279,13399,45752
"Länder, total",2019,637864,679,2147,180802,4751,1706,8249,31575,43886,51071,71268,3430,58,841,98052,64057,11560,1303,959,1205,60265,12884,46273
"Länder, total",2020,643762,674,2180,182535,4806,1747,8381,31254,43710,51295,72541,3504,51,780,97133,65705,12254,1312,936,1156,61808,16612,44099
"Länder, total",2021,646457,666,2193,184427,4874,1792,8388,30621,43134,51237,73382,3346,45,765,97415,65774,12814,1310,875,1122,62277,16735,44479
"Länder, total",2022,654266,646,2190,188497,4978,1792,8448,30598,42620,51336,74794,3570,45,749,101594,62565,12982,1286,794,1031,63751,16759,45922
"Länder, total",2023,665390,698,2215,194332,5131,1812,8635,30805,42869,51945,76733,3612,48,716,107294,57470,13096,1252,724,982,65021,16843,47122
Year,Land,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number
2023,Baden-Württemberg,87392,-,1363,20500,2948,473,-,3589,-,13817,8206,904,-,40,13270,9409,182,382,88,27,12194,2544,9650
2023,Bavaria,96806,-,-,27412,-,173,46,17329,-,16353,175,342,-,20,18594,6524,11,157,36,104,9530,3656,5874
2023,Berlin,30992,-,-,9067,956,80,4010,-,-,-,6959,219,14,25,3428,2718,1403,90,25,149,1849,106,1743
2023,Brandenburg,21096,-,-,5953,67,38,3352,-,3301,-,1561,69,-,53,1981,2051,614,35,21,26,1974,595,1379
2023,Bremen,5688,1,-,1797,-,14,-,-,-,-,2496,33,10,19,444,321,369,9,12,16,147,20,127
2023,Hamburg,16932,697,-,4959,384,84,52,-,-,-,4610,139,-,41,2783,1491,770,42,32,9,839,194,645
2023,Hesse,52662,-,448,17182,-,179,1175,2159,685,4254,5655,229,24,96,9523,5756,-,74,71,37,5115,1817,3298
2023,Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania,11578,-,-,3647,-,19,-,-,3427,-,591,42,-,-,1316,1256,149,16,21,-,1094,406,688
2023,Lower Saxony,67690,-,160,20068,102,176,-,2457,9805,4002,6472,307,-,-,12197,5909,1202,135,52,59,4587,536,4051
2023,North Rhine-Westphalia,153366,-,237,45714,101,247,-,5246,5180,13308,24137,743,-,383,24046,11118,6347,113,288,413,15745,3175,12570
2023,Rhineland-Palatinate,31592,-,4,10063,-,53,-,25,5922,156,2617,101,-,-,5011,3035,916,40,23,33,3593,1183,2410
2023,Saarland,7352,-,3,2315,-,19,-,-,13,55,2197,47,-,4,1034,728,203,16,7,4,707,178,529
2023,Saxony,29097,-,-,9469,21,69,-,-,8060,-,59,134,-,29,4881,2997,-,45,21,64,3248,1569,1679
2023,Saxony-Anhalt,15144,-,-,4561,-,30,-,-,2952,-,1584,57,-,6,2402,1493,83,13,4,28,1931,611,1320
2023,Schleswig-Holstein,22611,-,-,7320,-,126,-,-,-,-,7744,177,-,-,4056,1015,683,56,23,-,1411,252,1159
2023,Thuringia,15392,-,-,4305,552,32,-,-,3524,-,1670,69,-,-,2328,1649,165,29,-,13,1056,m,m
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"Source: KMK, ""Schüler, Klassen, Lehrer und Absolventen der Schulen""",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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1) Full-time teacher units. The information on teachers is only partially comparable to previous years due to a technical change in data collection starting from 2022.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
2) Grades 5 to 10.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
3) Grades 11 to 13. As of 2009 including introduction E to Q2.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"4) Until 2015, the ""School for sick children"" were assigned to category ""Other focus"", but starting from 2016, they are only included in the total of special needs schools.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"5) As of 1995, excluding Thuringia because no distribution possible between focus on learning and other focus.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"6) Until 1990, former West Germany including Berlin-West.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
7) No data available because data of the Länder are incomplete.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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