Work & Labour in Denmark 1,001 indicators covering work & labour for Denmark. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Average annual hours actually worked per worker — Hours worked 1,369 Hours per year per person 2025 down 2.7% 35th Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment 2,856 Persons 2025 up 15.7% 25th Employment by professional status 3,098 Persons 2025 up 14.4% 25th Criminal penalties or civil remedies sexual harassment in employment 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Number of strikes and lockouts 86 2024 down 73.0% 22nd 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 Incidence of unemployment by duration 28.04 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 15.0% 7th Annual population and employment, national concept — Total employment 3,195 Persons 2025 up 14.5% 26th Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person 32.39 2024 down 6.0% 98th Average weekly hours actually worked per employee 32.09 2024 down 4.6% 99th Youth unemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 101.05 2024 up 17.5% 48th Monthly unemployment levels 209 Persons 2025 up 15.1% 23rd Number of workers involved in strikes and lockouts 4.27 2024 down 59.8% 48th Gender share of part-time employment 64.27 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 3.2% 23rd Full-time and part-time employment based on national definition 2,120 Persons 2025 up 7.6% 32nd Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on national 72.47 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 4.5% 35th Full-time and part-time employment 2,120 Persons 2025 up 7.6% 32nd Youth employees 721.53 2024 up 23.3% 47th Days not worked due to strikes and lockouts 4,500 2024 down 73.4% 44th Average weekly hours usually worked per employed person 36.85 2025 up 9.6% 75th Average weekly hours usually worked per employee 36.58 2025 up 12.0% 75th Monthly unemployment rates 6.36 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2025 up 1.5% 11th Annual population and employment, national concept — Employees 3,026 Persons 2025 up 16.1% 24th Annual population and employment, national concept — Self employed 168.61 Persons 2025 down 8.2% 31st Average monthly earnings of employees 6,188 2025 up 39.2% 50th Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on 81.24 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 0.0% 27th Full-time and part-time employment based on OECD-harmonized definition 2,361 Persons 2025 up 11.9% 30th Average monthly earnings of employees 6,188 2025 up 39.2% 48th Days lost due to cases of occupational injury with temporary 941,782 2024 up 7.7% 26th Labour market demand for ICT specialists in online job 4.0% 2026 down 57.4% 31st Infra-annual registered unemployment and job vacancies 77,052 Persons 2025 down 24.3% 19th Long usual weekly working hours — Employment 108.08 Persons 2025 down 19.6% 32nd Labour indicators levels - Regions — Population 5.13 million Persons 2026 up 7.7% 34th Percentage change in the number of online job advertisements for ICT -57.7% 2026 down 140.4% 35th Incidence of employment by long usual weekly hours worked — Share of 3.87 Percentage of workers in the same age, sex and employment status 2025 down 25.2% 35th Gini index of monthly earnings of employees 0.286 2025 up 17.2% 72nd Median monthly earnings of employees 5,733 2025 up 41.3% 42nd Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment 11.2% 2024 down 6.1% 59th Female share of employment in senior and middle management 26.9% 2024 up 4.2% 74th Median monthly earnings of employees 5,733 2025 up 41.3% 41st Median monthly earnings of employees 5,733 2025 up 41.3% 41st Cultural employment by NUTS 2 region 137.3 Thousand persons 2024 up 11.5% 19th Own-account workers, total 4.9% 2016 up 11.2% 179th Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of) 0.19 2024 down 64.2% 180th Incidence of involuntary part time employment — Involuntary part-time 1.45 Percentage of employment 2025 down 59.5% 28th STAN Database for Structural Analysis, 2025 edition — Total employment 4,456 Hours 2025 up 12.0% 21st Average usual weekly hours worked on the main job 33.34 Hours per week per person 2025 down 1.2% 36th Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Permanent employment 87.5 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 4.7% 23rd Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment 12.51 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 53.4% 15th Share of women in temporary employment by permanency of the job 53.12 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 0.6% 13th Involuntary part time employment — Involuntary part-time employment 43.79 Persons 2025 down 53.9% 26th LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 10.29 2024 up 7.2% 31st Time-related underemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 135.72 2024 up 77.6% 46th Time-related underemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 4.41 2024 up 53.6% 34th Discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 8.41 2024 up 405.3% 66th Labor market, S1 - Additional requirements for collective dismissal 0.6917 2014 unchanged 72nd Labor market, S1 - Firing costs 0.7347 2014 unchanged 38th Labor market, Overall 0.7962 2014 unchanged 19th ← Previous Page 6 of 17 Next →