Home office before and during COVID-19 Germany 2020-2021

In January 2021, 24 percent of employees in Germany worked from home. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is ongoing. Since March 2020, many employees in the country have faced fluctuating waves of having to work from home, depending on current regulations introduced by the government and virus waves. The survey on which this graph is based also included those looking for employment.

Share of employees working from home in Germany before and during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020 and 2021

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Before the pandemic	4%
April 2020 (First lockdown)	27%
June 2020	16%
November 2020 (Lockdown light)	14%
December 2020	17%
January 2021	24%

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Release date

February 2021

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

April 2020, June 2020, November 2020, January 2021

Number of respondents

6,200 respondents in employment or seeking employment

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Figures refer to respondents who stated "I work only/mostly from home."
The source provides no information on the survey question and no definition for the time span "before the pandemic".

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