The Federal Statistical Office has published the recognition figures for 2022. The BIBB Recognition Monitoring Project takes a closer look at figures on federal occupations.
Today (30/08/2023), the Federal Statistical Office has published statistics on the recognition acts of the federal government and the federal states. In its press release it refers to the overall situation regarding recognition, i.e. federal and federal state occupations combined. For 2022, it reports around 49,500 new applications. Of these applications, 79 percent (39,300) were for federal occupations and 21 percent (10,200) were for federal state occupations. Overall (federal and federal state occupations combined) this represents an increase of 13 percent compared with the previous year.
The BIBB Recognition Monitoring Project uses the publication of the statistics as an opportunity to take a closer look at the federal occupations:
In 2022, recognition offices received around 39,300 new applications for federal occupations; 48 percent of these – and therefore significantly more than in previous years – were submitted from abroad, in particular from third countries.
Medical healthcare occupations once again dominated overall with around 16,600 applications submitted by general nurses . The occupation of medical doctor was in second place, with around 7,400 applications. However, non-regulated occupations such as electronics technician (m/f) and cook (m/f) were also among the occupations most in demand.
In recent years, applications for federal occupations have been based increasingly on qualifications from third countries. This trend has continued: In 82 percent of applications in 2022, the professional qualification came from a third country. The majority of these were qualifications from Bosnia and Herzegovina (around 3,500 applications), followed by applications relating to Turkish (3,300) and Philippine qualifications (around 3100).
For 2022, the competent authorities reported that of the total of 39,300 applications, 2,350 involved a recognition procedure under the accelerated skilled worker process in accordance with Section 81a of the Residence Act (AufenthG).
The outcome of the recognition procedures revealed the following: In 2022, of around 44,100 procedures for federal occupations arriving at a final decision, almost half (47 percent) resulted in full equivalence and 10 percent in partial equivalence. In a further 41 percent of cases, the competent authorities opted for a compensation measure as a “requirement”. 2 percent of procedures ended in a negative outcome.
More information
Statistics on the federal act – results in brief
Evaluation of the official statistics on the Federal Recognition Act 2022
Press release from the Federal Statistical Office
Federal Statistical Office analyses of federal and federal state occupations (statistical report)
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