Work & Labour in Denmark 1,001 indicators covering work & labour for Denmark. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level and 65.2% 2025 up 6.4% 11th Labour force participation rates by country of birth 74.0% 2025 up 9.6% 8th Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level and 65.2% 2025 up 6.4% 11th Employment rates by citizenship 69.3% 2025 up 9.7% 7th Employment rates by educational attainment level and citizenship 61.0% 2025 up 6.1% 12th Employment rates by country of birth 69.3% 2025 up 9.7% 7th Employment rates by educational attainment level and country of birth 61.0% 2025 up 6.1% 12th Employed persons by citizenship 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st Employed persons by job tenure 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st Self-employed persons by citizenship 207.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.5% 29th Self-employed persons by country of birth 207.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.5% 29th Unemployment rates by citizenship 6.4% 2025 up 1.6% 18th Unemployment rates by country of birth 6.4% 2025 up 1.6% 18th Unemployed persons by citizenship 208.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.1% 22nd Persons outside the labour force by citizenship 1,154 Thousand persons 2025 down 17.2% 29th Unemployed persons by country of birth and degree of urbanisation 208.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.1% 22nd Unemployment rates by country of birth and degree of urbanisation 6.4% 2025 up 1.6% 18th Unemployed persons by citizenship and degree of urbanisation 208.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.1% 22nd Unemployment rates by citizenship and degree of urbanisation 6.4% 2025 up 1.6% 18th Persons in part-time employment by educational attainment level 777.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 24.5% 16th Persons in part-time employment by educational attainment level 777.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 24.5% 16th Persons in part-time employment by citizenship - % of total employment 27.7% 2025 up 12.1% 6th Persons in part-time employment by country of birth - % of total 27.7% 2025 up 12.1% 6th Temporary employees by citizenship - % of total employees 12.6% 2025 up 50.0% 16th Temporary employees by country of birth - % of total employees 12.6% 2025 up 50.0% 16th Temporary employees by educational attainment level, country of birth 342.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 69.0% 17th Temporary employees by educational attainment level, citizenship and 342.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 69.0% 17th Youth employment rate by country of birth 48.2% 2025 up 23.6% 5th Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 25 2024 up 127.3% 54th Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 0.42 2024 up 110.0% 40th Employed persons by professional status and job tenure 7.7 Year 2025 down 4.9% 45th Newly employed by professional status and citizenship - % of persons 21.2% 2025 down 2.3% 3rd Newly employed by professional status and country of birth - % of 21.2% 2025 down 2.3% 3rd Expenditure on unemployment function by type of benefit and 3,633 Million euro 2024 down 20.7% 14th Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by citizenship 14.1% 2025 down 46.2% 42nd Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by country of 14.1% 2025 down 46.2% 42nd Unemployed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category and 71.5 Thousand persons 2025 up 54.4% 18th Unemployed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category and 71.5 Thousand persons 2025 up 54.4% 18th Non-fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant 1,613 2023 down 22.5% 21st Informal employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 59.02 2025 down 76.1% 40th Informal employment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 2.22 2025 down 78.4% 44th Informal employment rate 2.22 2025 down 78.4% 44th SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total 2.22 2025 down 78.4% 44th Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational 80.94 Percentage of earnings of men workers 2024 up 0.4% 16th Employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 38.49 2025 down 77.5% 41st Share of employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition) 1.45 2025 down 79.7% 45th Youth unemployment rate by country of birth 17.4% 2025 up 20.8% 35th Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with below 100 Percentage of earnings of workers with below upper secondary educational attainm 2024 unchanged 1st Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with upper 74.09 Percentage of earnings of workers with upper secondary educational attainmnent 2024 down 5.7% 18th Early leavers from education and training by labour status 10.0% 2025 up 23.5% 10th Agricultural labour input statistics by NUTS 2 region - absolute 42.48 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2023 down 19.4% 29th Labour input in construction - annual data 103.3 Index, 2021=100 2025 up 26.9% 23rd Employed persons working from home by professional status - % of 32.6% 2025 up 79.1% 5th Informal employment, female 5.2% 2019 down 19.3% 23rd Informal employment, male 7.0% 2019 down 49.8% 25th Informal employment 6.2% 2019 down 41.0% 25th Agricultural labour input statistics by NUTS 2 region - indices 89.78 Index, n-1 = 100 2023 down 10.6% 35th SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 6.38 2025 down 19.7% 21st Unemployment rate 6.38 2025 down 19.7% 21st Labour input in wholesale and retail trade - annual data 103 Index, 2021=100 2025 up 9.3% 17th ← Previous Page 11 of 17 Next →