Work & Labour in Denmark

1,001 indicators covering work & labour for Denmark.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Labour force by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 3,282 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.5% 21st
Employed persons by NUTS 2 region 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st
Employed persons by professional status and NUTS 2 region 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st
Employed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st
Employed persons by job tenure and NUTS 2 region 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st
Employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and 76.9% 2025 up 6.8% 7th
Employment rates by educational attainment level, country of birth 76.9% 2025 up 6.8% 7th
Employment rates by NUTS 2 region 69.3% 2025 up 9.7% 7th
Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 32.6 Hour 2025 down 5.5% 46th
Average usual weekly hours worked in the main job by NUTS 2 region 33.3 Hour 2025 down 1.2% 46th
Unemployed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 208.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.1% 22nd
Unemployment rates by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 6.4% 2025 up 1.6% 21st
Unemployed persons by country of birth and NUTS 2 region 208.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.1% 22nd
Unemployment rates by country of birth and NUTS 2 region 6.4% 2025 up 1.6% 21st
Unemployed persons by citizenship and NUTS 2 region 208.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.1% 22nd
Unemployment rates by citizenship and NUTS 2 region 6.4% 2025 up 1.6% 21st
Real Labour productivity by NUTS 2 region 105.3 Index, 2020=100 2024 up 7.9% 25th
Nominal Labour productivity by NUTS 2 region 122,000 Euro 2024 up 28.0% 4th
Cases of non-fatal occupational injury 56,285 2024 up 3.9% 25th
Employment rates of young persons not in education and training by 78.1% 2025 up 2.6% 29th
Employment (thousand persons) by NUTS 3 region 3,217 Thousand 2024 up 15.5% 19th
Nominal Labour productivity by NUTS 3 region 122,000 Euro 2024 up 28.0% 4th
Employment (thousand hours worked) by NUTS 2 region 4.41 million Thousand 2024 up 12.0% 20th
Compensation per employee and hours worked per employed person by 66,300 Euro 2024 up 26.8% 3rd
Compensation of employees by NUTS 2 region 201,748 2024 up 48.1% 12th
Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 7.9% 2025 up 12.9% 34th
Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by educational 29.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 37.7% 34th
Youth employment rate by NUTS 2 region 48.2% 2025 up 23.6% 5th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 60.3% 2025 up 17.5% 8th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 60.3% 2025 up 19.6% 16th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 60.2% 2025 up 15.1% 8th
Part time employment, female 38.5% 2024 up 9.6% 39th
Part time employment, male 19.5% 2024 up 23.1% 39th
Part time employment, total 28.5% 2024 up 14.1% 38th
Patents - international collaboration in technology development 1,020 Co-inventions 2023 up 2.6% 21st
Labor share of gross domestic product (GDP) 57.1% 2025 down 1.6% 29th
Annual working hours per worker 1,380 hours per worker 2023 down 3.2% 129th
Annual working hours per worker vs. GDP per capita 1,380 hours per worker 2023 down 3.2% 129th
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th 11.2% 2024 down 6.1% 64th
Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 7.9% 2025 up 12.9% 34th
Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 7.9% 2025 up 12.9% 34th
Unemployment rate, by sex and age - 13th ICLS 6.2% 2024 down 11.3% 70th
Youth unemployment rate by NUTS 2 region 17.4% 2025 up 20.8% 35th
Youth unemployment ratio by NUTS 2 region 10.2% 2025 up 54.5% 5th
Youth long-term unemployment rate (12 months or more) by NUTS 2 region 0.7% 2025 down 56.2% 45th
Annual working hours vs. GDP per capita 1,380 hours per worker 2023 down 3.2% 129th
Incidence of part-time employment 46.96 2024 up 9.6% 9th
Employed persons commuting to work by country of work and NUTS 2 12.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 8.3% 35th
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO) 89.85 2024 up 5.9% 89th
Legislation on sexual harassment in employment, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 8 2024 down 0.3% 104th
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO) 49.3 2024 up 7.6% 84th
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 6.9 2024 up 7.9% 105th
Employees 2,872 2025 up 16.3% 58th
Employment and unemployment by five-year age group and sex - levels 3,094 Persons 2025 up 14.2% 32nd
Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st
Employed persons by economic activity and NUTS 2 region (NACE Rev. 2) 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st
Labour market slack by NUTS 2 region 443.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 41.9% 20th
Unemployment of previously employed persons 179.19 2024 up 12.0% 47th
Unemployed population — Unemployment 208.9 Persons 2025 up 15.1% 26th