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Denmark — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Denmark, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
64.94%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -3.5% since 1990
Labor participation for Denmark was 64.94% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 67.30% in 1990. The lowest was 61.34% in 2014 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.10% per year.
Denmark ranks 61 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 33%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Denmark sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 4% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 6%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
64.94%
First (1990)
67.30%
Change
-3.5%
Highest
67.30%
in 1990
Lowest
61.34%
in 2014
Average
64.46%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.10%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 64.94% |
| 2024 | 65.05% |
| 2023 | 63.75% |
| 2022 | 63.5% |
| 2021 | 62.67% |
| 2020 | 62.14% |
| 2019 | 62.45% |
| 2018 | 61.91% |
| 2017 | 61.83% |
| 2016 | 61.74% |
| 2015 | 61.41% |
| 2014 | 61.34% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.