Germany
Region
Human Development Index Ranking (HDR, 2025)
5
Population (UNFPA, 2025)
84.1 million
Total number of volunteers (ILO, 2015)
No data
Direct volunteering (ILO, 2015)
7,946,562
Organization-based (ILO, 2015)
19,936,110
Volunteer statistics (ILO)*
Source: ILOSTATS. The data is collected by ILO from national statistical offices. As national statistics on volunteer work are produced using a variety of approaches and tools, direct and cross-country comparisons are not recommended. For more information, visit https://ilostat.ilo.org/topics/volunteer-work/
2015
Total volunteering by gender
Direct volunteering by gender
Organization-based volunteering by gender
Measurement work
Data source
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
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2012
- Time Use Survey
- 2013
- 2014
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2015
- Social Survey
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025
Laws, Policies, Schemes on Volunteering
Does the country have a piece of legislation on volunteering?
Yes
Act to Create the German Foundation for Civic Engagement and Volunteer Work
Year
2020
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Does the country have a national policy, scheme, plan or strategy specific to volunteering?
No data
Does the country have a sectoral and cross-sectoral policy, scheme, plan or strategy that mentions volunteering?
NoVNR Reporting
Report of the German Federal Government to the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2016
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No mention No mention
1 Report on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development
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No mention No mention
Paragraph 1, page 21
The German Government also supports education projects by civil society, as well as projects that promote engagement by individuals and small-scale initiatives, e.g. via Engagement Global or the Action! Active for a Global World programme run by the German Foundation for Civic Engagement and Volunteering.
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