Table 1.9.6 - BMBF's Data Portal

Table 1.9.6

Basic data of the educational system (educational participation in national demarcation)
	1995	2000	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Category	Number
1. Apprentices	1,579,339	1,702,017	1,564,064	1,553,437	1,570,615	1,594,773	1,613,343	1,571,457	1,508,328	1,460,658	1,429,977	1,391,886	1,358,550	1,337,004	1,321,197	1,323,894	1,330,764	1,328,964	1,288,962	1,255,440	1,216,305
2. People qualified to enter higher education¹⁾	307,772	347,539	386,906	399,372	414,764	433,997	441,804	449,044	458,362	506,500	500,953	476,475	434,809	444,859	452,588	440,803	432,414	422,784	381,582	393,267	382,700
Category	Share (%)
Share of people qualified to enter higher education in the age-specific population²⁾	36.4	37.2	41.5	42.5	43.4	43.6	44.7	46.2	48.5	51.5	53.5	51.7	52.8	53.0	52.1	51.0	50.6	50.6	46.8	48.4	48.4
Category	Number
3. First-year students³⁾	262,407	314,956	358,870	356,076	344,967	361,459	396,800	424,273	444,719	518,748	495,088	508,621	504,882	506,580	509,760	513,166	511,997	508,689	490,355	472,354	473,665
Category	Share (%)
Share of first-year students in the age-specific population²⁾	26.8	33.5	37.1	37.0	35.7	36.8	40.0	43.0	45.7	52.4	51.4	53.1	58.3	58.2	56.7	57.0	57.3	57.6	56.6	55.5	56.4
Category	Number
4. Students (in winter semester)	1,857,906	1,799,338	1,963,598	1,986,106	1,979,445	1,941,763	2,025,742	2,121,190	2,217,604	2,380,974	2,499,409	2,616,881	2,698,910	2,757,799	2,807,010	2,844,978	2,868,222	2,891,049	2,944,145	2,946,141	2,920,263
5.1 University diploma⁴⁾	105,703	94,999	97,538	101,755	106,409	112,607	111,834	111,853	103,413	94,018	80,290	64,054	50,675	39,049	34,623	32,145	29,953	30,294	28,777	30,494	29,716
5.2 Teacher's degree	26,748	26,938	22,545	24,286	26,451	28,859	32,579	36,120	37,577	38,758	38,708	41,519	43,291	43,989	43,998	44,248	45,460	46,090	43,248	48,415	47,107
5.3 Diploma at university of applied sciences	75,082	66,260	76,228	81,483	82,239	83,505	82,802	72,808	56,248	38,638	25,804	17,381	12,074	10,044	9,830	8,194	7,217	6,716	7,664	8,384	8,456
5.4 Bachelor's degree	-	126	5,921	9,848	15,050	23,358	39,753	71,989	112,108	152,484	183,169	207,401	229,282	245,658	249,561	252,286	247,247	252,216	236,472	257,716	246,802
5.5 Master's degree	-	370	5,570	9,158	11,268	14,219	17,206	20,802	26,722	41,292	58,560	78,358	97,034	113,630	124,363	136,457	140,960	144,649	134,532	144,782	145,877
5.1 - 5.5 Total of successful exmaniations at higher education institutions	207,533	188,693	207,802	226,530	241,417	262,548	284,174	313,572	336,068	365,190	386,531	408,713	432,356	452,370	462,375	473,330	470,837	479,965	450,693	489,791	477,958
5.6 Doctorate	22,387	25,780	23,138	25,952	24,287	23,843	25,190	25,084	25,629	26,981	26,807	27,707	28,147	29,218	29,303	28,404	27,838	28,280	26,220	28,153	27,692
5.7 Habilitation	1,532	2,128	2,283	2,001	1,993	1,881	1,800	1,820	1,755	1,563	1,646	1,567	1,627	1,627	1,581	1,586	1,529	1,518	1,533	1,621	1,535