Number of Apprentices as Share of Working-Age Population

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Source: Author’s calculations based on the share of apprentices divided by the working age (15 to 64) populations of Switzerland, Canada, and Germany. Apprentice numbers are sourced directly from the country’s government websites. Working age populations are sourced from Federal Reserve Economic Data, FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2024, https://fred.stlouisfed.org/. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025. Further details can be provided upon request. And; Curran McSwigan. “America’s Apprenticeship Gap in Two Charts.” Third Way, 4 Jan. 2024, https://www.thirdway.org/memo/americas-apprenticeship-gap-in-two-charts. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.