Work & Labour in Denmark

1,001 indicators covering work & labour for Denmark.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Employees by educational attainment level and NACE Rev. 2 activity 17.3% 2025 down 12.6% 9th
Employed persons by economic activity (NACE Rev. 2) 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st
Employed persons by detailed economic activity (NACE Rev. 2 two-digit) 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st
Employed persons by job tenure and economic activity (NACE Rev. 2) 181.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 1.5% 18th
Employed persons by occupation and economic activity (NACE Rev. 2) 3,098 Thousand persons 2025 up 14.4% 21st
Self-employed persons by economic activity (NACE Rev. 2) 207.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.5% 29th
Employees by economic activity (NACE Rev. 2) 2,856 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.7% 21st
Temporary employees by economic activity (NACE Rev. 2) 359.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 73.5% 17th
Persons in full-time/part-time employment by economic activity (NACE) 3,098 Thousand persons 2025 up 14.4% 21st
Persons in full-time/part-time employment by economic activity (NACE) 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st
Average usual weekly hours worked in the main job by professional 33.2 Hour 2025 down 1.5% 43rd
Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 32.4 Hour 2025 down 6.1% 43rd
Average actual weekly hours worked in the second job of persons who 10.4 Hour 2025 down 9.6% 39th
Employed persons in selected tourism industries (NACE Rev. 2) by 3,098 Thousand persons 2025 up 14.4% 21st
Employed persons in selected tourism industries (NACE Rev. 2) by 3,098 Thousand persons 2025 up 14.4% 21st
Employed persons in selected tourism industries (NACE Rev. 2) by 3,098 Thousand persons 2025 up 14.4% 21st
Employed persons in selected tourism industries (NACE Rev. 2) by 2,872 Thousand persons 2025 up 16.3% 21st
Employed persons in selected tourism industries (NACE Rev. 2) by job 86.8 Month 2025 down 5.0% 43rd
Employed persons in selected tourism industries (NACE Rev. 2) by 3,098 Thousand persons 2025 up 14.4% 21st
Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st
Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st
Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st
Employed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category, NACE 1,720 Thousand persons 2025 up 26.1% 22nd
Employed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category, NACE 1,720 Thousand persons 2025 up 26.1% 22nd
Participation rate of employees in education and training (last 4) 62.6% 2025 down 9.5% 3rd
Employed persons by economic activity and NUTS 2 region (NACE Rev.) 2,806 Thousand persons 2008 up 3.6% 21st
Employed persons in knowledge-intensive activities by NACE Rev. 2 1,208 Thousand persons 2025 up 16.0% 22nd
Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 2,806 Thousand persons 2008 up 3.6% 21st
Supplementary indicators on labour market slack by age 116.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 90.4% 18th
Supplementary indicators on labour market slack by educational 116.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 90.4% 18th
Supplementary indicators on labour market slack by citizenship 116.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 90.4% 18th
Supplementary indicators on labour market slack by country of birth 116.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 90.4% 18th
Precarious employment by NACE Rev. 2 activity 1.4% 2025 up 55.6% 14th
Labour market transitions - quarterly data 2,951 Thousand persons 2026 up 12.0% 21st
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th 11.2% 2024 down 6.1% 29th
Employment rates by sex, age and other typologies 79.2% 2025 up 7.5% 4th
Hospital employment 115,574 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 7.9% 12th
Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 5.4% 2025 up 350.0% 12th
Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 5.4% 2025 up 350.0% 12th
Employment by sex, age and other typologies 757.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 17.6% 18th
Employment and labour force by sex and age - annual data 505 Thousand persons 2025 up 19.4% 13th
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data 209 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.5% 20th
Employment and labour force by sex and age - quarterly data 426 Thousand persons 2020 up 1.4% 20th
Long-term unemployment by sex - annual data 29 Thousand persons 2025 down 38.3% 32nd
Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training 57 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.8% 20th
Supplementary indicators to unemployment - annual data 117 Thousand persons 2025 up 91.8% 16th
Labour market slack by sex and age - annual data 117 Thousand persons 2025 up 91.8% 16th
Unemployed persons by type of employment sought 170.7 Thousand persons 2020 down 23.6% 24th
Unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data 66 Thousand persons 2025 up 6.5% 17th
Labour transitions from temporary to permanent contracts by sex 34.9% 2025 down 11.0% 34th
Percentage of self-employed adults by number of children and age of 1.2% 2024 down 7.7% 41st
Percentage of self-employed persons by household composition 1.2% 2024 down 7.7% 41st
Use of computers and the internet by employees by NACE Rev. 2 activity 78.0% 2025 up 27.3% 5th
Percentage of employed adults working from home by number of children 10.7% 2025 up 84.5% 14th
Percentage of employed persons working from home by household 10.7% 2025 up 84.5% 14th
Employed persons in forestry and forest-based industry - NACE Rev. 2 2.6 Thousand persons 2024 down 21.2% 34th
Regional disparities in gender employment gap 30.8% 2024 up 146.4% 6th
Unemployment by sex and age - quarterly data 175 Thousand persons 2020 down 19.0% 25th
Labour market slack by sex and age - quarterly data 175 Thousand persons 2020 down 19.0% 25th
Temporary employment agency workers by NACE Rev. 2 activity 0.6% 2025 down 14.3% 32nd