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Unemployment rate in Denmark

How hard is it to have a job there?

Denmark's unemployment rate is 5.53 % — #69 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

5.53%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Denmark over time

7.80 %5.74 %3.68 %7.80 % · 20123.68 % · 20082000: 4.48 %2001: 4.16 %2002: 4.27 %2003: 5.40 %2004: 5.20 %2005: 4.83 %2006: 3.90 %2007: 3.80 %2008: 3.68 %2009: 6.41 %2010: 7.75 %2011: 7.77 %2012: 7.80 %2013: 7.38 %2014: 6.92 %2015: 6.28 %2016: 5.99 %2017: 5.83 %2018: 5.13 %2019: 5.02 %2020: 5.64 %2021: 5.07 %2022: 4.43 %2023: 5.09 %2024: 5.36 %2025: 5.53 %2000201220255.53 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#69 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
44 %
55 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.17 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
2.27 pp
peak 7.80 % in 2012
Full series
▲ 1.05 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #19 of 36vs median 5.25 %: +0.27 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Denmark: ahead of 44 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentDenmark 5.53 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Denmark is ahead of 44 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Denmark
67 Kenya5.45 %−0.08 pp
68 Azerbaijan5.46 %−0.07 pp
69 Denmark5.53 %—
70 Austria5.58 %+0.05 pp
71 Mauritius5.63 %+0.11 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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