Especially during the corona pandemic, the use of home office in Germany expanded considerably, as various studies presented in the Themenmonitor show.
Even after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2023, the proportion of people working from home remains high. Germany, at 23%, was slightly above the European average. However, significantly more people work from home in the Netherlands and Sweden by comparison. The study results for Germany show that even after the pandemic, with a declining trend, around half of the workforce continues to work from home at least occasionally. It remains to be seen what long-term effect the increased use of remote work during the pandemic will have on the working world in Germany.