Work & Labour in Denmark 1,001 indicators covering work & labour for Denmark. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Employment rate 61.3% 2025 up 6.6% 65th Youth unemployment rate 11.7% 2025 down 3.4% 99th Population by labor force status 934,109 people 2025 down 2.8% 127th Employee compensation as share of government spending 11.0% 2023 up 7.8% 136th CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 12.68 2025 up 9.2% 156th LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 434.24 2024 up 22.1% 44th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 108.79 Persons 2022 up 20.5% 84th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 160.93 Persons 2022 up 2.7% 79th Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 0.5% 2020 down 23.2% 120th Female labor force by age 55,073 people 2024 up 82.9% 88th Labor force participation rate by age 69.1% 2024 up 18.7% 11th Female labor force participation rate by age 69.6% 2024 up 18.4% 7th Jobs gap 400.18 2024 down 3.5% 36th Jobs gap rate 11.5 2024 down 14.8% 32nd Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 198.44 2024 down 8.4% 35th Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 5.7 2024 down 18.6% 28th Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 11.8% 2024 down 17.0% 103rd Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 2.19 units per square kilometre 2023 up 10.7% 60th NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.0013 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.8% 124th Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0025 units per square kilometre 2023 up 27.1% 65th Employment by status 92.0% 2024 up 1.0% 14th Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 92.0% 2024 up 1.0% 14th Employment 3,098 2025 up 14.4% 87th Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth -0.5621 % change on previous year 2025 down 11.3% 86th Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate -0.5621 % change on previous year 2025 down 11.3% 86th Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate -0.5621 % change on previous year 2025 down 11.3% 86th Cases of fatal occupational injury 32 2024 down 15.8% 70th Annual growth of GDP per employed person 1.6% 2025 up 387.9% 97th Unemployment with basic education 10.7% 2024 down 5.9% 37th Unemployment with basic education, male 10.1% 2024 down 10.5% 37th Unemployment with intermediate education 5.5% 2024 down 10.6% 75th Unemployment with basic education, female 11.6% 2024 up 1.5% 38th Unemployment with advanced education 4.7% 2024 down 2.0% 64th Unemployment with intermediate education, female 6.2% 2024 down 10.2% 73rd SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 0.19 2024 down 64.2% 164th Level of national compliance with labor rights 0.19 score 2024 down 64.2% 165th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 6.9% 2024 up 7.9% 112th Unemployment with intermediate education, male 4.9% 2024 down 10.6% 69th Labor force with basic education, female 38.8% 2024 up 10.3% 55th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 7.2% 2024 up 20.6% 110th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 6.6% 2024 down 2.9% 111th Labor force with basic education, male 56.3% 2024 up 9.1% 72nd Labor force with basic education 48.0% 2024 up 10.9% 66th Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 61.3% 2024 down 3.2% 40th Labor force with intermediate education, male 71.6% 2024 up 3.1% 72nd Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 66.8% 2024 up 0.2% 53rd Unemployment with advanced education, male 4.3% 2024 down 3.0% 59th Labor force with advanced education, male 80.9% 2024 up 3.3% 73rd Labor force with advanced education 78.6% 2024 up 2.0% 60th Labor force with advanced education, female 76.8% 2024 up 1.1% 53rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 56.6% 2025 up 6.7% 53rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 65.6% 2025 up 5.8% 96th Unemployment with advanced education, female 5.0% 2024 down 1.4% 62nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 61.0% 2025 up 6.1% 72nd Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 4,435 Thousand persons 2025 up 3.5% 23rd Population in private households by country of birth, labour status 4,435 Thousand persons 2025 up 3.5% 23rd Labour force by NUTS 2 region 3,282 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.5% 21st Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 82.3% 2025 up 7.0% 7th Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 82.3% 2025 up 7.0% 7th Labour force participation rates by NUTS 2 region 74.0% 2025 up 9.6% 8th ← Previous Page 4 of 17 Next →