Chart of the day: Germany’s shrinking working-age population

By Edward Harrison On Apr 16, 2013

I caught this FT graphic via David Wessel yesterday. It shows you that while the labour force in the Euro Zone as a whole generally continues to grow, the labour force in Germany has shrunk. During the euro era, Germany’s labour force between 15 and 64 has shrunk by 2% while the euro zone whole has increased by 7%. This could be one reason behind Germany’s record low unemployment levels. As unemployment continues to plague southern Europe, Germany is welcoming their best and brightest with open arms.

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Edward Harrison is a senior Editor at Bloomberg. He is also the founder of Credit Writedowns newsletter, a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty five years of business experience. He speaks six languages and reads another five, skills he uses to provide a more global perspective. Edward holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.

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