Work & Labour in Denmark 1,001 indicators covering work & labour for Denmark. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data 54 Thousand persons 2020 down 39.3% 21st Employment by educational attainment level - annual data 167 Thousand persons 2020 down 15.2% 12th Long-term unemployment by sex - annual data 28 Thousand persons 2020 down 33.3% 34th Accidents at work of employees by sex and severity 50,419 Number 2024 up 3.7% 15th Domestic employment in exports - EU country perspective 833,246 Persons 2024 up 27.5% 21st Domestic employment in foreign final use by industry of origin 830,771 Persons 2024 up 27.5% 21st Domestic employment in final use by final producer industry 3.22 million Persons 2024 up 15.5% 18th Unemployment rate, by sex and disability - 19th ICLS 6.4% 2024 down 26.0% 23rd Gender pay gap in unadjusted form by working time and NACE Rev. 2 3.1% 2024 down 43.6% 20th Employment in Foreign Controlled Enterprises 20.9% 2023 up 4.3% 17th Enterprises that employ ICT specialists by NACE Rev.2 activity 19.2% 2024 up 5.9% 13th Employed persons by actual hours worked in main and second job during 328 Thousand persons 2026 down 16.8% 16th Domestic employment in exports - EU perspective 39,704 Persons 2024 down 12.3% 6th Employment rates by migration status, citizenship and educational 69.8% 2026 up 3.1% 8th Employed persons by usual weekly hours of work in main and second job 432 Thousand persons 2026 up 20.0% 10th Distribution by occupation (ISCO-08) of the labour market demand for 2.1% 2026 down 47.5% 30th Employed HRST by category, NACE Rev. 1.1 activity and NUTS 1 region 1,253 Thousand 2008 up 22.4% 19th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 2,806 Thousand persons 2008 up 3.6% 21st Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 2,806 Thousand persons 2008 up 3.6% 21st Classroom teachers and academic staff by education level, programme 41,510 Number 2024 up 2.7% 10th Percentage of the ICT sector personnel in total employment 3.79 2023 down 8.7% 16th Unemployment rates by sex, age and other typologies 7.4% 2025 up 13.8% 8th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training 43 Thousand persons 2020 unchanged 30th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training 53 Thousand persons 2020 up 15.2% 28th Unemployment by sex, age and other typologies 63 Thousand persons 2025 up 33.5% 14th Employment in Foreign Affiliates of Domestic Enterprises 35.35 2023 down 13.3% 1st Health personnel employed in hospital - historical data 18,811 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2021 up 29.8% 11th Employment in the environmental goods and services sector 89,878 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2022 up 39.4% 17th Part-time employment and temporary contracts - annual data 274 Thousand persons 2025 — 8th Labour market outcomes of immigrants - Employment rates by 74.47 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2024 up 13.9% 12th Labour force participation rates by migration status, citizenship and 74.0% 2025 — 8th Employment rates by migration status, citizenship and educational 69.3% 2025 — 7th Employed persons by migration status, occupation and educational 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 — 19th Employed persons by migration status, professional status and 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 — 19th Employees by migration status and employment contract 2,856 Thousand persons 2025 — 19th Unemployment rates by migration status, citizenship and educational 6.4% 2025 — 17th Services by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, H-N, S95) 11,353 2020 down 9.0% 29th Employment by educational attainment level - annual data 200 Thousand persons 2025 — 8th Distributive trades by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, G) 40,496 2020 down 10.1% 26th Construction by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, F) 34,755 2020 up 10.0% 24th Supplementary indicators to unemployment - quarterly data 83 Thousand persons 2020 up 6.4% 24th Employed persons by actual hours worked in main and second job during 430 Thousand persons 2025 — 17th Industry by employment size class (NACE Rev. 2, B-E) 229 2020 up 12.8% 27th Supplementary indicators to unemployment - annual data 90 Thousand persons 2020 up 12.5% 24th Private households by migration status, labour status and household 3,146 Thousand households 2025 — 18th Actual hours worked in the main job - index (2006 = 100) - quarterly 104.1 Index, 2006=100 2020 up 8.0% 13th Employed persons by usual weekly hours of work in main and second job 419 Thousand persons 2025 — 10th Persons employed in multinational enterprise groups by size class 0.7 Millions of persons employed 2024 up 16.7% 18th Job-to-job mobility of human resources in science and technology 152.2 Thousand 2020 up 37.4% 14th Employer business demography by legal form and NACE Rev. 2 activity 145,371 2020 down 1.5% 22nd Employer business demography by size class and NACE Rev. 2 activity 145,371 2020 down 1.5% 22nd Structure of earnings survey - hourly earnings 3.36 million 2022 up 23.3% 14th Structure of earnings survey - monthly earnings 4,310 2022 up 18.3% 3rd Employment in principal railway enterprises, by type of railway 9,705 Number 2000 down 54.2% 26th Persons employed in principal railway enterprises by sex 9,705 Number 2000 down 54.2% 26th Labour force: number of persons and farm work (AWU) by sex of worker 55,860 Annual working unit (AWU) 2007 down 43.0% 15th Labour force: number of persons and farm work (AWU) by sex of worker 55,860 Annual working unit (AWU) 2007 down 43.0% 15th Employed HRST with tertiary education by age, field of education and 1,144 Thousand 2013 up 10.0% 24th Goods road transport enterprises by employment size classes 7,267 Number 1997 down 14.3% 19th Persons employed in goods road transport enterprises by sex 37,462 Number 1997 down 16.2% 21st ← Previous Page 16 of 17 Next →