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Staff in figures

As at 31 December 2022, GIZ had over 25,000 staff in Germany and abroad. Through their global commitment, they create the conditions we need to understand, embrace and transform global challenges.

353

2021: 431

Development workers

The German Development Workers Act (EhfG) provides the legal basis for GIZ’s Development Service to assign experts as development workers or as Civil Peace Service experts around the globe each year.

The page on ‘Ukraine: hope in the shadow of war’ provides insights into the work of development worker Sven Stabroth.

400

2021: 643

Integrated and returning experts

Integrated experts are placed with employers in cooperation countries by the Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM). The local employers pay them a salary at the going rate in the area, to which CIM adds a salary top-up.

Returning experts are managers and young professionals who have acquired professional qualifications in Germany. CIM helps them to find a suitable position in their home country.

Integrated expert Timo Pleyer talks about his work as a business scout on the page on Sustainable supply chains: live better, work better’.

51.1 %
percentage of women in the workforce
2021: 50.4%

You can find out here about how many women held leadership positions in 2022.

41.4
years
This is the average age of our members of staff.
2021: 41.2

Find out here how the age groups are distributed among our employees in percentage terms.

9117
members of staff in sub-Saharan Africa
2021: 8,860

Find out herehow GIZ employees are distributed across the world regions.

Women in the workforce

Workforce as a whole

Percentage
2021 2022
Germany 66.1 65.5
Abroad 47.7 48.3
Total1 59.8 59.9
National staff 45.9 46.8
Total2 50.4 51.1
1
Percentage of staff by gender with a German employment contract, not including national staff
2
Including national staff, seconded staff, Germany-based staff and project staff

Women in leadership positions

Percentage
2021 2022
Management Board 67 50
Staff with a German employment contract* 45 45.7
National staff 47.7 49.3
Total 46.1 47.2

* Staff members with a German employment contract in leadership positions

Percentage
2021 2022
Germany 51.8 50.2
Abroad 41.1 43.1
Total 45.0 45.7

Staff by region
Seconded experts National staff Development workers3 Integrated experts4 Returning experts4
2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022
Sub-Saharan Africa 1,223 1,227 7,637 7,890 247 191 53 50 162 86
Asia/Pacific 369 361 2,594 2,571 89 69 51 38 154 80
Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia 366 281 2,910 2,644 13 11 36 24 28 29
Latin America 204 214 1,506 1,651 43 39 23 22 90 46
Mediterranean Region and Middle East 532 543 2,179 2,287 39 43 13 9 22 16
Industrialised countries (Europe, USA) 72 73 61 77 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2,766 2,699 16,887 17,120 431 353 177 143 466 257
3
118 of the 353 development workers were deployed as Civil Peace Service experts.
4
Integrated experts are placed with employers in cooperation countries by the Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM), which is run jointly by GIZ and the German Federal Employment Agency. The local employers pay them a salary at the going rate in the area, to which CIM adds a salary top-up. Returning experts also receive a salary top-up from CIM, as well as advisory and other support services.

Breakdown by age (years)

Percentage, as at: 31 December 2022 (2021)

  • Additional relevant information about GRI, the German Sustainability Code and the Global Compact can be found here

Below you will find information about the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) sustainability standards:

GRI 2: General Disclosures 2021