Total Workforce

Including the Chinese joint ventures, the Volkswagen Group employed an average of 682,724 people in fiscal year 2024 (+0.6%). In Germany, we employed 295,178 people on average; at 43.2 (43.6)%, their share of the total workforce was on a level with the previous year.

The number of active employees in the Volkswagen Group receded by 1.2% to 646,501 as of December 31, 2024. In addition, 15,770 employees were in the passive phase of their partial retirement and 17,201 young people were in vocational traineeships. At the end of the reporting year, the Volkswagen Group’s total workforce including the equity-accounted companies in China amounted to 679,472 employees worldwide, 0.7% less than on December 31, 2023. There were 293,338 (−1.8%) employees in Germany, while 386,134 employees worked outside Germany (+0.2%). At the end of 2024, the Volkswagen Group’s total workforce excluding the equity-accounted companies in China had a total of 614,082 employees and was 0.2% more than the level at the end of 2023.

EMPLOYEES BY DIVISION/BUSINESS AREA

as of December 31, 2024