Overview

• Authorities approved 79,100 recognitions in 2024, a 21% rise from the previous year, according to the statistics office.
• Pending procedures hit an all-time high of 95,500 in 2024, more than double the level recorded in 2016.
• Healthcare led approvals, with 32,500 recognitions for nursing, followed by 11,000 for doctors and 4,400 for engineers.
• Turkey topped source countries with about 9,200 approvals, with Ukraine at 6,400 after doubling year over year; Tunisia, India, and Syria also featured strongly.
• Business groups and politicians called for faster processing to address skilled-labour gaps highlighted by IfW economist Stefan Kooths.