Work & Labour in Denmark 1,001 indicators covering work & labour for Denmark. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labour productivity and unit labour costs by industry 34.7 Euro 2025 up 39.4% 3rd NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training 57.1 2025 up 12.3% 42nd Caring personnel (personal care workers) — Health and social 15.08 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2023 down 5.4% 6th Agricultural family labour force by age, sex of farm manager and NUTS 10.76 billion Euro 2023 up 12.3% 6th Labour productivity and unit labour costs - annual data 68,799 Euro 2025 up 29.6% 6th Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts - annual 4.41 million Thousand hours worked 2025 up 11.0% 23rd Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued 385.5 2025 up 25.2% 14th LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force 9.54 2025 up 13.8% 24th [ILO] Proportion of unemployed persons receiving unemployment cash 95.6% 2022 up 40.0% 13th LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 6.57 2023 down 32.1% 32nd Time-related underemployment 14.57 2020 down 17.5% 35th Time-related underemployment rate 0.557 2020 down 23.8% 38th Employment by detailed industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 4.41 million Thousand hours worked 2025 up 11.0% 22nd Potential labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 96.77 2024 up 19.3% 34th Population in private households by degree of urbanisation and labour 4,435 Thousand persons 2025 up 3.5% 23rd Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 74.0% 2025 up 9.6% 8th Employment rates by educational attainment level 69.3% 2025 up 9.7% 7th Employed persons by educational attainment level 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st Employed persons by occupation and educational attainment level 3,098 Thousand persons 2025 up 14.4% 21st Self-employed persons by educational attainment level 207.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.5% 29th Employees by educational attainment level 2,856 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.7% 21st Persons in full-time/part-time employment by educational attainment 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st Labour force by educational attainment level 3,282 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.5% 21st Employed persons by professional status 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st Employed persons by professional status and occupation 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st Employed persons by professional status and full-time/part-time 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st Self-employed persons by occupation 207.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.5% 29th Employees by occupation 2,856 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.7% 21st Persons in full-time/part-time employment by occupation 3,073 Thousand persons 2025 up 13.4% 21st Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment 208.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.1% 22nd Persons outside the labour force not seeking employment by 1,113 Thousand persons 2025 down 18.8% 30th Persons outside the labour force - % of total population in private 26.0% 2025 down 20.0% 38th Unemployment rates by educational attainment level 6.4% 2025 up 1.6% 18th Persons outside the labour force by educational attainment level 1,154 Thousand persons 2025 down 17.2% 29th LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 10.6 2025 up 23.2% 21st Persons in part-time employment by age - % of total employment 27.7% 2025 up 12.1% 6th Temporary employees by occupation 359.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 73.5% 17th Temporary employees by duration of the employment contract 359.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 73.5% 17th Temporary employees by educational attainment level 359.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 73.5% 17th Persons having a second job by educational attainment level 298.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 53.9% 14th Persons having a second job by professional status of both jobs 298.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 53.9% 14th Persons having a second job by occupation in the first job 298.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 53.9% 14th Temporary employees by main reason 12.6% 2025 up 50.0% 16th Youth employment by educational attainment level 167.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 24.7% 10th Time-related underemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 135.72 2024 up 77.6% 26th Time-related underemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 4.41 2024 up 53.6% 22nd STAN Database for Structural Analysis, 2020 edition — Total employment 4,095 Hours 2018 down 2.8% 21st Employees who could not find a permanent or full-time job 83.8 Thousand persons 2025 down 49.2% 22nd Persons in involuntary part-time employment - % of total part-time 5.9% 2025 down 60.4% 39th Persons in part-time employment by main reason 5.9% 2025 down 60.4% 39th LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization (current ILO) 13.67 2025 up 28.3% 21st Youth unemployment by educational attainment level 35.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 56.6% 13th Capital intensity vs. labor productivity 199 2015 up 19.2% 9th Public employment 3,112 2023 up 24.8% 25th Midwives — Health and social employment 82.59 Per 1 000 live births 2024 up 43.0% 11th Labour input in construction - quarterly data 103.3 Index, 2021=100 2026 up 19.0% 26th Population in private households by citizenship and labour status 4,458 Thousand persons 2026 up 2.8% 23rd Population in private households by country of birth and labour 4,458 Thousand persons 2026 up 2.8% 23rd Labour force by citizenship - quarterly data 3,332 Thousand persons 2026 up 13.5% 21st Labour force by country of birth - quarterly data 3,332 Thousand persons 2026 up 13.5% 21st ← Previous Page 9 of 17 Next →