Work & Labour in Denmark

89 indicators covering work & labour for Denmark.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 69.6% 2025 up 18.2% 7th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 68.6% 2025 up 18.1% 15th
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 64.9% 2025 up 5.7% 61st
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 69.2% 2025 up 4.6% 101st
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 87.9% 2025 up 2.2% 37th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 69.1% 2025 up 18.2% 11th
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 79.8% 2025 up 8.5% 14th
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 84.5% 2025 up 5.4% 28th
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 82.2% 2025 up 6.9% 15th
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 60.8% 2025 up 7.0% 47th
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 90.1% 2025 up 2.1% 13th
Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 70.1% 2025 up 2.9% 23rd
Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 90.1% 2025 up 0.8% 32nd
Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 94.3% 2025 down 0.1% 11th
Employment in industry (% of total employment) 18.8% 2025 down 3.2% 96th
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 92.1% 2025 up 1.0% 14th
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.4% 2025 up 0.9% 152nd
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.2% 2025 down 16.0% 153rd
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.3% 2025 down 6.8% 153rd
Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 9.2% 2025 down 4.4% 106th
Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 27.4% 2025 down 2.2% 77th
Employment in services (% of total employment) 79.6% 2025 up 1.9% 21st
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 7.9% 2025 down 10.8% 173rd
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 9.9% 2025 down 15.7% 174th
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 5.7% 2025 up 1.6% 176th
Employers, total (% of total employment) 2.5% 2025 up 6.0% 130th
Employers, male (% of male employment) 3.6% 2025 up 1.4% 113th
Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.3% 2025 up 27.8% 129th
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 11.4% 2025 up 2.4% 106th
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 12.1% 2025 down 8.1% 93rd
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 11.7% 2025 down 3.4% 99th
GDP per person employed 140,396 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 8.2% 12th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.4% 2025 up 1.9% 70th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.4% 2025 up 5.7% 63rd
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.4% 2025 down 2.0% 86th
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 60.5% 2025 up 6.6% 55th
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 70.0% 2025 up 6.0% 108th
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 65.2% 2025 up 6.3% 74th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 69.4% 2025 up 17.9% 4th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 70.4% 2025 up 21.3% 9th
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 86.4% 2025 up 0.6% 56th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 69.9% 2025 up 19.6% 6th
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 13.8% 2025 up 13.3% 78th
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 14.3% 2025 up 8.6% 64th
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 13.3% 2025 up 19.3% 84th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 7.2% 2025 up 3.3% 171st
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 6.6% 2025 down 7.7% 168th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 6.9% 2025 down 2.4% 173rd
Productivity: output per hour worked 88.72 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 14.9% 4th
Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 6.2% 2025 down 23.2% 174th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 61.7% 2025 up 17.9% 11th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 60.3% 2025 up 19.6% 19th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 61.0% 2025 up 18.7% 13th
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 5.4% 2025 down 16.9% 174th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 57.3% 2025 up 7.9% 43rd
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 65.5% 2025 up 5.4% 94th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 61.3% 2025 up 6.6% 65th
Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 4.5% 2025 down 4.0% 173rd
Unemployment with basic education 10.7% 2024 down 5.9% 35th
Unemployment with basic education, male 10.1% 2024 down 10.5% 35th