Pre-primary level | Primary level | Secondary level I | Secondary level II | 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 | |||||||||||||||||
Länder, total | 1985 | 461,691 | 1,579 | 2,968 | 111,538 | 369 | 858 | 14,101 | 88,885 | - | 59,308 | 13,377 | 1,293 | 31 | 439 | 65,345 | 56,606 | 2,042 | 520 | 1,164 | 1,126 | 40,142 | 18,562 | 21,580 |
1990 | 453,325 | 1,684 | 3,207 | 123,826 | 435 | 993 | 14,636 | 73,860 | - | 53,408 | 17,482 | 1,862 | 45 | 614 | 69,018 | 47,013 | 2,160 | 684 | 1,380 | 1,349 | 39,669 | 16,516 | 23,153 | |
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 | |
1992 | 611,674 | 2,048 | 3,619 | 171,360 | 1,499 | 1,053 | 24,279 | 74,867 | 26,579 | 65,009 | 30,137 | 2,000 | 48 | 664 | 92,587 | 52,813 | 2,994 | 804 | 1,567 | 1,488 | 56,259 | 26,464 | 29,795 | |
1993 | 609,647 | 2,072 | 3,790 | 169,842 | 1,372 | 1,130 | 23,220 | 75,684 | 24,335 | 65,410 | 30,837 | 2,164 | 52 | 584 | 92,488 | 53,063 | 3,352 | 832 | 1,480 | 1,509 | 56,431 | 25,806 | 30,625 | |
1994 | 615,053 | 2,098 | 3,895 | 171,705 | 1,321 | 1,156 | 22,889 | 76,103 | 24,640 | 66,062 | 31,598 | 2,308 | 58 | 568 | 91,888 | 53,998 | 3,860 | 859 | 1,475 | 1,468 | 57,104 | 26,006 | 31,098 | |
1995 | 618,927 | 1,964 | 3,710 | 174,010 | 1,364 | 1,205 | 22,836 | 75,880 | 24,492 | 66,271 | 32,233 | 2,397 | 34 | 567 | 92,344 | 53,647 | 4,232 | 861 | 1,413 | 1,424 | 58,043 | 24,685 | 30,660 | |
1996 | 619,075 | 1,944 | 3,725 | 174,057 | 1,311 | 1,181 | 22,254 | 75,291 | 24,251 | 67,313 | 32,567 | 2,340 | 56 | 623 | 91,410 | 53,784 | 4,516 | 944 | 1,337 | 1,404 | 58,767 | 24,342 | 31,711 | |
1997 | 615,004 | 1,815 | 3,587 | 171,318 | 1,287 | 1,195 | 22,986 | 73,967 | 24,351 | 67,629 | 32,815 | 2,363 | 62 | 656 | 89,662 | 53,771 | 4,759 | 999 | 1,295 | 1,274 | 59,213 | 24,077 | 32,548 | |
1998 | 613,587 | 1,674 | 3,550 | 168,298 | 1,202 | 1,184 | 23,955 | 73,692 | 24,488 | 68,119 | 32,935 | 2,384 | 59 | 675 | 89,258 | 54,115 | 4,974 | 1,020 | 1,234 | 1,218 | 59,553 | 23,972 | 33,056 | |
1999 | 613,931 | 1,571 | 3,531 | 166,538 | 1,129 | 1,195 | 24,265 | 73,141 | 26,621 | 68,367 | 33,395 | 2,426 | 60 | 639 | 89,000 | 53,556 | 4,978 | 1,020 | 1,230 | 1,161 | 60,108 | 24,661 | 32,979 | |
2000 | 611,196 | 1,545 | 3,503 | 162,399 | 981 | 1,242 | 23,408 | 73,589 | 28,029 | 67,774 | 33,343 | 2,479 | 60 | 631 | 90,361 | 52,419 | 4,887 | 994 | 1,218 | 1,157 | 61,177 | 24,950 | 33,638 | |
2001 | 612,533 | 1,491 | 3,448 | 159,935 | 966 | 1,235 | 22,707 | 74,177 | 29,957 | 67,788 | 33,111 | 2,489 | 63 | 777 | 91,379 | 52,476 | 5,049 | 1,100 | 1,185 | 1,078 | 62,122 | 25,073 | 34,653 | |
2002 | 612,175 | 1,236 | 3,473 | 158,158 | 960 | 1,215 | 21,001 | 74,502 | 31,336 | 67,373 | 32,711 | 2,585 | 63 | 715 | 92,387 | 52,107 | 5,241 | 1,105 | 1,193 | 1,212 | 63,602 | 25,790 | 35,353 | |
2003 | 608,997 | 1,192 | 3,451 | 156,770 | 918 | 1,296 | 17,440 | 74,501 | 31,579 | 68,020 | 31,805 | 2,663 | 69 | 788 | 92,372 | 52,925 | 5,424 | 1,161 | 1,267 | 1,309 | 64,047 | 25,644 | 36,079 | |
2004 | 602,210 | 1,132 | 3,072 | 157,153 | 943 | 1,263 | 7,698 | 75,095 | 29,130 | 70,862 | 30,700 | 2,692 | 65 | 817 | 94,938 | 53,163 | 5,527 | 1,167 | 1,337 | 1,353 | 64,103 | 25,222 | 36,580 | |
2005 | 597,377 | 458 | 2,487 | 159,934 | 626 | 1,344 | 7,159 | 72,338 | 27,544 | 69,167 | 29,469 | 2,701 | 70 | 875 | 94,515 | 54,559 | 5,806 | 1,192 | 1,326 | 1,390 | 64,416 | 24,063 | 38,162 | |
2006 | 597,535 | 469 | 2,413 | 162,678 | 605 | 1,359 | 7,013 | 70,483 | 26,028 | 68,712 | 28,649 | 2,786 | 70 | 910 | 95,201 | 56,024 | 5,915 | 1,210 | 1,310 | 1,444 | 64,257 | 22,991 | 39,167 | |
2007 | 596,323 | 552 | 2,313 | 161,872 | 651 | 1,392 | 7,086 | 67,587 | 25,975 | 68,477 | 28,455 | 2,817 | 78 | 970 | 97,220 | 56,555 | 5,855 | 1,169 | 1,309 | 1,443 | 64,550 | 22,560 | 40,021 | |
2008 | 596,124 | 598 | 2,380 | 162,039 | 662 | 1,368 | 7,382 | 64,179 | 26,360 | 67,917 | 28,488 | 2,845 | 66 | 970 | 93,533 | 62,474 | 6,066 | 1,100 | 1,264 | 1,419 | 65,014 | 22,209 | 40,865 | |
2009 | 607,408 | 624 | 2,327 | 163,891 | 728 | 1,367 | 7,880 | 62,103 | 28,105 | 67,778 | 30,821 | 2,974 | 71 | 954 | 94,669 | 67,051 | 6,060 | 1,118 | 1,198 | 1,371 | 66,317 | 22,184 | 42,339 | |
2010 | 614,130 | 632 | 2,328 | 163,361 | 907 | 1,401 | 8,005 | 58,325 | 31,441 | 66,263 | 34,774 | 3,082 | 65 | 968 | 93,826 | 72,148 | 6,774 | 1,098 | 1,190 | 1,454 | 66,087 | 21,550 | 42,737 | |
2011 | 617,325 | 654 | 2,261 | 164,199 | 1,011 | 1,407 | 7,639 | 55,804 | 32,826 | 65,292 | 38,561 | 3,204 | 72 | 977 | 96,361 | 70,761 | 7,176 | 1,147 | 1,194 | 1,497 | 65,280 | 20,648 | 43,074 | |
2012 | 621,411 | 684 | 2,173 | 165,010 | 1,498 | 1,451 | 7,380 | 52,466 | 34,861 | 64,254 | 42,586 | 3,284 | 62 | 966 | 97,740 | 70,913 | 7,608 | 1,152 | 1,198 | 1,556 | 64,569 | 19,449 | 43,649 | |
2013 | 621,159 | 672 | 2,155 | 164,872 | 2,372 | 1,464 | 7,396 | 48,698 | 37,045 | 61,425 | 47,011 | 3,364 | 48 | 972 | 97,615 | 70,406 | 8,050 | 1,133 | 1,179 | 1,468 | 63,814 | 18,570 | 43,838 | |
2014 | 620,681 | 627 | 2,075 | 165,862 | 3,345 | 1,468 | 7,794 | 44,637 | 39,322 | 58,303 | 51,702 | 3,364 | 50 | 952 | 95,322 | 70,622 | 8,719 | 1,185 | 1,152 | 1,428 | 62,752 | 17,595 | 43,789 | |
2015 | 620,760 | 644 | 2,105 | 167,273 | 4,077 | 1,524 | 7,898 | 41,357 | 40,771 | 55,880 | 55,306 | 3,337 | 48 | 895 | 94,716 | 70,312 | 9,758 | 1,224 | 1,103 | 1,420 | 61,111 | 16,465 | 43,359 | |
2016 | 625,488 | 637 | 2,122 | 170,393 | 4,549 | 1,705 | 8,258 | 38,029 | 42,728 | 53,397 | 60,231 | 3,186 | 66 | 874 | 94,973 | 69,502 | 10,453 | 1,316 | 1,083 | 1,397 | 60,588 | 15,778 | 41,600 | |
2017 | 627,323 | 687 | 2,146 | 173,365 | 5,012 | 1,620 | 7,857 | 34,986 | 43,296 | 51,773 | 65,087 | 3,342 | 67 | 865 | 96,653 | 66,100 | 10,296 | 1,277 | 1,021 | 1,371 | 60,501 | 14,118 | 43,541 | |
2018 | 631,468 | 538 | 2,099 | 176,661 | 4,963 | 1,666 | 8,247 | 32,888 | 43,496 | 51,119 | 68,061 | 3,379 | 57 | 836 | 97,733 | 64,657 | 11,209 | 1,310 | 968 | 1,300 | 60,279 | 13,399 | 44,061 | |
2019 | 637,864 | 679 | 2,147 | 180,802 | 4,751 | 1,706 | 8,249 | 31,575 | 43,886 | 51,071 | 71,268 | 3,430 | 58 | 841 | 98,052 | 64,057 | 11,560 | 1,303 | 959 | 1,205 | 60,265 | 12,884 | 44,617 | |
2020 | 643,762 | 674 | 2,180 | 182,535 | 4,806 | 1,747 | 8,381 | 31,254 | 43,710 | 51,295 | 72,541 | 3,504 | 51 | 780 | 97,133 | 65,705 | 12,254 | 1,312 | 936 | 1,156 | 61,808 | 16,612 | 42,311 | |
2021 | 646,457 | 666 | 2,193 | 184,427 | 4,874 | 1,792 | 8,388 | 30,621 | 43,134 | 51,237 | 73,382 | 3,346 | 45 | 765 | 97,415 | 65,774 | 12,814 | 1,310 | 875 | 1,122 | 62,277 | 16,735 | 42,716 | |
Year | Land | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number | |||||||||||||||||
2021 | Baden-Württemberg | 85,277 | - | 1,368 | 19,735 | 2,845 | 475 | - | 3,620 | - | 13,567 | 7,906 | 919 | - | 47 | 13,079 | 9,252 | 128 | 393 | 107 | 31 | 11,805 | 2,399 | 8,987 |
Bavaria | 94,491 | - | - | 26,391 | - | 176 | 47 | 17,006 | - | 16,047 | 167 | 334 | - | 21 | 14,979 | 9,658 | 7 | 165 | 36 | 109 | 9,348 | 3,635 | 5,330 | |
Berlin | 30,113 | - | - | 8,776 | 931 | 82 | 3,818 | - | - | - | 6,824 | 193 | 11 | 22 | 3,369 | 2,640 | 1,405 | 92 | 24 | 168 | 1,758 | 124 | 1,467 | |
Brandenburg | 20,299 | - | - | 5,559 | 36 | 36 | 3,320 | - | 3,244 | - | 1,403 | 69 | - | 58 | 1,923 | 2,072 | 564 | 32 | 28 | 25 | 1,930 | 591 | 1,339 | |
Bremen | 5,364 | 1 | - | 1,701 | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | 2,291 | 33 | 7 | 21 | 438 | 304 | 362 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 152 | 21 | 112 | |
Hamburg | 16,229 | 665 | - | 4,785 | 373 | 78 | 47 | - | - | - | 4,372 | 129 | - | 22 | 2,582 | 1,390 | 887 | 41 | 48 | 17 | 793 | 209 | 584 | |
Hesse | 50,076 | - | 422 | 15,934 | - | 159 | 1,156 | 1,991 | 641 | 4,243 | 5,418 | 237 | 27 | 118 | 9,150 | 5,372 | - | 88 | 78 | 42 | 5,000 | 1,892 | 2,942 | |
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | 11,336 | - | - | 3,471 | - | 20 | - | - | 3,359 | - | 552 | 43 | - | - | 1,289 | 1,289 | 143 | 17 | 26 | - | 1,127 | 457 | 629 | |
Lower Saxony | 66,645 | - | 165 | 19,409 | 101 | 166 | - | 2,594 | 9,721 | 4,079 | 6,247 | 298 | - | - | 11,879 | 6,046 | 1,206 | 129 | 57 | 64 | 4,484 | 620 | 3,864 | |
North Rhine-Westphalia | 147,937 | - | 230 | 41,933 | 93 | 233 | - | 5,377 | 5,345 | 13,074 | 22,911 | 539 | - | 407 | 19,658 | 16,069 | 6,028 | 146 | 368 | 493 | 15,033 | 3,057 | 11,473 | |
Rhineland-Palatinate
8) | 30,839 | - | 5 | 9,631 | - | 77 | - | 33 | 5,979 | 174 | 2,680 | 107 | - | - | 5,325 | 3,120 | 962 | 46 | 26 | 39 | 2,635 | 1,139 | 1,496 | |
Saarland | 7,555 | - | 3 | 2,449 | - | 22 | - | - | 10 | 53 | 2,140 | 48 | - | 8 | 1,099 | 755 | 217 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 719 | 174 | 480 | |
Saxony | 28,594 | - | - | 9,124 | 1 | 67 | - | - | 8,239 | - | 3 | 98 | - | 35 | 4,697 | 2,957 | - | 31 | 23 | 73 | 3,246 | 1,583 | 1,663 | |
Saxony-Anhalt | 14,813 | - | - | 4,384 | - | 32 | - | - | 2,985 | - | 1,434 | 55 | - | 5 | 2,344 | 1,538 | 86 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 1,905 | 607 | 1,298 | |
Schleswig-Holstein | 21,614 | - | - | 6,887 | - | 121 | - | - | - | - | 7,458 | 172 | - | - | 3,325 | 1,606 | 683 | 59 | 24 | - | 1,279 | 227 | 1,052 | |
Thuringia | 15,274 | - | - | 4,258 | 494 | 35 | - | - | 3,611 | - | 1,576 | 71 | - | - | 2,279 | 1,706 | 136 | 31 | - | 14 | 1,063 | m | m |
Notes:
1) Full-time teacher units.
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.
8) Data from the previous year.
- = no figures or magnitude zero.
m = data not available.
Last update: February 7, 2023
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