وفي المقابل، هبطت نسبة العمالة لدى المرأة الألمانية الشرقية في التسعينات، ولكنـها ما زالت أعلى بكثير من المرأة الألمانية الغربية حيث بلغت 72.2 في المائة.
The number of women whose start-up was assisted has clearly increased since 1990: For instance, in 2001 in the old Federal Länder more than one start-up in four that was promoted was carried out by a woman (25.1%) and in the new Federal Länder one in three (33.7%). These proportions were still 21.3% and 25.6% in 1990.