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Germany’s 2024 Apprenticeship Starts Dip to 475,100 as Foreign Trainee Numbers Surge

Official data highlight a sharper rise in foreign entrants alongside a slight drop in overall starts.

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In der dualen Berufsausbildung ist die Zahl der Ausbildungsverträge 2024 leicht gesunken. Insgesamt wurden rund 475.100 Neuverträge abgeschlossen - das waren 1,0 Prozent oder 4700 Verträge weniger als 2023, wie das Statistische Bundesamt mitteilte.

Overview

  • Germany recorded 475,100 new dual training contracts in 2024, a decrease of 1.0% or roughly 4,700 compared with 2023, according to the Federal Statistical Office.
  • New contracts by German nationals fell about 4%, whereas those signed by apprentices with foreign nationality rose around 17%.
  • Foreign starters accounted for approximately 15% of all new apprentices in 2024, up from 7% in 2014.
  • Vietnam (7,100), Syria (6,800) and Ukraine (5,800) formed the largest groups of new foreign apprentices, with Ukrainian contracts nearly tripling from about 1,900 in 2023.
  • Over the past decade, total new contracts declined roughly 8%, while new contracts by foreign nationals nearly doubled with a 93% increase.