Work & Labour in Denmark 1,001 indicators covering work & labour for Denmark. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Part-time employment - Regions 870,900 Persons 2025 up 29.9% 14th Dentists — Health and social employment 1.43 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 unchanged 6th Employer business demography by NACE Rev. 2 and NUTS 3 region 145,371 2020 up 20.3% 15th Decile ratios of gross earnings — Interdecile ratio of gross earnings 1.5 Factor of decile 1 2024 up 2.5% 24th Quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 31,226 National currency 2025 up 240.4% 10th Hospital employment 22.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 5.0% 4th Employer business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region 144,434 2019 up 19.5% 15th Gender wage gap 4.99 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile 2024 down 42.9% 28th Pharmacists — Health and social employment 1.24 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2023 up 18.1% 13th Annual working hours per person employed 1,409 Hours 2016 down 3.2% 36th Share of workers employed in services vs. GDP per capita 78.4% 2011 up 6.4% 6th Employment expectations indicators - monthly data 103.5 Index 2026 up 2.2% 16th Proportion of adults (15 years and older) active in labor force with 98.9% 2024 down 1.1% 13th Proportion of adults (15 years and older) out of labor force with an 98.3% 2024 down 1.7% 9th SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate (current ILO definition) 6.32 2025 up 0.6% 29th Unemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 6.32 2025 up 0.6% 29th Unemployment rate 6.38 2025 down 19.7% 24th Unemployment 181.46 2025 down 12.8% 39th Youth labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 491.14 2025 up 19.1% 40th Youth labour force participation rate (previous ILO definition) 45.23 2025 up 8.2% 44th Youth outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 594.82 2025 up 3.7% 35th Youth employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 429.07 2025 up 22.8% 39th Youth employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 39.51 2025 up 11.5% 43rd Working-age population 4,957 2025 up 7.5% 37th Youth unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 12.64 2025 down 17.2% 21st Youth unemployment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 5.72 2025 down 10.4% 25th Labour force participation rate 57.36 2025 up 1.0% 39th Labour force 2,844 2025 up 8.6% 38th Persons outside the labour force 2,114 2025 up 6.1% 37th Employment-to-population ratio 53.7 2025 up 2.7% 36th SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 6.38 2025 down 19.7% 24th Employment by permanency of the job 1.87 Persons 2025 up 1,338.5% 11th Population and employment - national accounts - quarterly data 6,030 Thousand persons 2026 up 5.0% 23rd Agricultural labour input statistics - absolute figures 41.71 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2025 down 23.7% 35th Agricultural labour input statistics - indices 81.55 Index, 2020=100 2025 down 23.7% 37th Nurses — Health and social employment 19.67 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 9.9% 8th SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of 11.23 2025 down 6.1% 29th Unemployment by sex and age - monthly data 226 Thousand persons 2026 up 47.7% 23rd Unemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 208.9 2025 up 15.1% 36th Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 61.04 2025 up 6.2% 21st Employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 3,098 2025 up 14.4% 34th Persons outside the labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 1,768 2025 down 3.0% 41st Labour force participation rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 65.16 2025 up 6.3% 18th Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 1.12 million Thousand hours worked 2026 up 8.4% 22nd Labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 3,307 2025 up 14.4% 36th Labour productivity and unit labour costs - quarterly data 109.56 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 8.1% 16th Gini index of monthly earnings of employees 0.286 2025 up 17.2% 37th Median monthly earnings of employees 5,733 2025 up 41.3% 14th Public sector employment as a share of total employment 32.5% 2020 — 5th Main agricultural labour force by age and sex of the farm manager 52,730 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 8.6% 15th Agricultural labour force by size of the farm and NUTS 2 region 52,730 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 8.6% 15th Agricultural labour force by legal entity, work status and sex of 52,730 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 8.6% 15th Wage gap by age — Senior to prime-age wage gap -4.83 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2024 down 170.0% 16th Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Dependent employment 2,912 Persons 2025 up 18.2% 24th Population and employment - national accounts - annual data 6,008 Thousand persons 2025 up 5.7% 23rd Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Employment tenure 3,118 Persons 2025 up 15.4% 24th Labour market outcomes of immigrants - Employment, unemployment, and 10.42 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2024 down 15.2% 6th Trade union density rate 66.98 2019 down 2.7% 2nd NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 7.91 2025 up 12.4% 51st Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap 38.25 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2024 up 5.2% 13th ← Previous Page 8 of 17 Next →