Work & Labour in Denmark 1,001 indicators covering work & labour for Denmark. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor market, S1 - Procedural inconvenience 0.9778 2014 unchanged 21st Labor market, S1 - Redress measures 0.8541 2014 unchanged 16th Labor market, S1 - Valid grounds 0.7936 2014 unchanged 34th LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force 8.84 2024 down 6.9% 42nd Potential labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 96.77 2024 up 19.3% 49th Employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 61.04 2025 up 6.2% 28th Labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 3,307 2025 up 14.4% 44th Real effective exchange rate (REER), Index (2010=100) Adjusted by 96.34 2025 up 4.5% 13th Non-fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers 1,798 2024 down 9.9% 21st Persons outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 1,768 2025 down 3.0% 46th Female employment vs. public spending on family benefits 3.1% 2021 down 19.7% 5th Strictness of employment protection — Individual and collective 1.53 0-6 scale 2025 unchanged 30th Strictness of employment protection — Individual dismissals 1.53 0-6 scale 2025 unchanged 30th Strictness of employment protection — Temporary contracts 1.62 0-6 scale 2025 unchanged 22nd Labour force participation rate 65.15 Percentage of working age population in the same subgroup 2025 up 6.2% 9th Informal employment 59.02 2025 down 76.1% 69th Informal employment rate 2.22 2025 down 78.4% 77th Employment outside the formal sector 38.49 2025 down 77.5% 71st Share of employment outside the formal sector 1.45 2025 down 79.7% 80th Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 31,225 National currency 2025 up 240.4% 12th Employment by job tenure intervals - frequency — Dependent employment 9.61 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 14.6% 7th Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force 1,768 Persons 2025 down 3.0% 28th Unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 6.32 2025 up 0.6% 33rd Unemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 208.9 2025 up 15.1% 41st Employment by job tenure intervals - frequency — Employment tenure 8.97 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 13.3% 5th Labour indicators levels - Regions — Employment 3.10 million Persons 2025 up 14.4% 29th Labour indicators levels - Regions — Unemployment 208,900 Persons 2025 up 15.1% 30th Labour indicators levels - Regions — Labour force 3.31 million Persons 2025 up 14.4% 30th Youth time-related underemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 73.87 2024 up 80.8% 32nd Youth time-related underemployment rate (previous ILO definition) 9.98 2024 up 46.9% 12th Fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers 1.02 2024 down 27.1% 57th Employment rates of adults, by educational attainment, age group and 79.58 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 4.0% 19th Labour force participation rates of adults, by educational 86.53 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 4.4% 17th Unemployment rates of adults, by educational attainment, age group 8.03 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2025 up 3.6% 10th Physiotherapists — Health and social employment 1.98 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 18.6% 5th NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training 49.3 2024 up 7.6% 50th NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 6.9 2024 up 7.9% 63rd Labour indicators rates - Regions — Employment to population ratio -9 Percentage points 2025 unchanged 19th Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Employment to -9 Percentage points 2025 unchanged 19th SDG indicator 8.8.1: Non-fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 1,798 2024 down 9.9% 20th SDG indicator 8.8.1: Fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers 1.02 2024 down 27.1% 67th Labour indicators rates - Regions — Labour force participation rate -9.5 Percentage points 2025 down 2.2% 19th Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Labour force -9.5 Percentage points 2025 down 2.2% 19th Labour indicators rates - Regions — Long-term unemployment rate 0 Percentage points 2025 down 100.0% 16th Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Long-term 0 Percentage points 2025 down 100.0% 16th Youth discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 4.17 2024 up 784.5% 55th Employment by job tenure intervals - average job tenure — Dependent 7.14 Years 2025 down 6.2% 23rd Share of workers in informal employment: men vs. women 2.8% 2019 down 39.3% 62nd Share of male workers in informal employment 2.8% 2019 down 39.3% 62nd Share of workers in informal employment 2.8% 2019 down 51.6% 63rd Share of female workers in informal employment 2.9% 2019 down 60.1% 65th Share of workers in informal employment vs. GDP per capita 2.8% 2019 down 51.6% 63rd LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization (previous ILO) 12.86 2024 up 6.4% 34th Employment by job tenure intervals - average job tenure — Employment 7.61 Years 2025 down 6.0% 24th Labour indicators by urban-rural territorial typology — Population 2.49 million Persons 2026 up 7.8% 22nd Proportion of informal employment, by sector and sex - 13th ICLS 2.8% 2019 down 51.6% 72nd Workers in the reference group 2,752 2015 down 0.8% 41st Annual employment by institutional sector, domestic concept — Total 4,415 Hours 2025 up 11.0% 14th Ageing healthcare workforce - Regions — Active physicians 4.56 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2023 up 18.4% 15th Annual employment by subsector of general government, domestic 884 Persons 2025 up 7.3% 16th ← Previous Page 7 of 17 Next →