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