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  "slug": "germany-skills-gap-2025",
  "url": "https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/germany-skills-gap-2025/",
  "topic": "labour",
  "claim": "Germany had 369,516 skilled-job vacancies that could not be filled arithmetically in 2025, down 24.1%, according to IW/KOFA.",
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    "geography": "Germany",
    "period": "2025"
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    "name": "Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW) / KOFA",
    "title": "KOFA Kompakt 3/2026: Jahresrückblick 2025",
    "publisher": "Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln",
    "published": "2026-03-25",
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    "url": "https://www.iwkoeln.de/studien/jurek-tiedemann-gero-kunath-paula-risius-jahresrueckblick-2025-schwacher-arbeitsmarkt-erste-impulse-durch-sondervermoegen.html",
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  "accessed": "2026-10-25",
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  "quote": {
    "text": "Fachkräftelücke 2025 um 24,1 Prozent auf 369.516 rechnerisch nicht besetzbare offene Stellen gesunken",
    "lang": "de"
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  "caveats": [
    "A modelled \"skills gap\" measure, not a count of advertised jobs."
  ],
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  "citations": {
    "apa": "Whirrwork. (2026, October 25). Germany had 369,516 skilled-job vacancies that could not be filled arithmetically in 2025, down 24.1%, according to IW/KOFA [Statistic]. Whirrwork Research. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/germany-skills-gap-2025/",
    "chicago": "Whirrwork. “Germany had 369,516 skilled-job vacancies that could not be filled arithmetically in 2025, down 24.1%, according to IW/KOFA.” Whirrwork Research. Published October 25, 2026. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/germany-skills-gap-2025/.",
    "mla": "“Germany had 369,516 skilled-job vacancies that could not be filled arithmetically in 2025, down 24.1%, according to IW/KOFA.” Whirrwork Research, Whirrwork, 25 Oct. 2026, whirrwork.com/research/stats/germany-skills-gap-2025/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.",
    "bibtex": "@misc{whirrwork_germany_skills_gap_2025,\n  author       = {{Whirrwork}},\n  title        = {{Germany had 369,516 skilled-job vacancies that could not be filled arithmetically in 2025, down 24.1\\%, according to IW/KOFA}},\n  howpublished = {Whirrwork Research},\n  year         = {2026},\n  month        = oct,\n  url          = {https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/germany-skills-gap-2025/},\n  urldate      = {2026-10-25},\n  note         = {Original source: Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln, KOFA Kompakt 3/2026: Jahresrückblick 2025 (2026-03-25). Licensed CC BY 4.0}\n}",
    "source_apa": "Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln. (2026, March 25). KOFA Kompakt 3/2026: Jahresrückblick 2025. https://www.iwkoeln.de/studien/jurek-tiedemann-gero-kunath-paula-risius-jahresrueckblick-2025-schwacher-arbeitsmarkt-erste-impulse-durch-sondervermoegen.html"
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