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Denmark — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Denmark, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
5.53%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -39.2% since 1991
Unemployment for Denmark was 5.53% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 10.72% in 1993. The lowest was 3.68% in 2008 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.45% per year.
Denmark ranks 85 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 45%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Denmark sits below it. It peaked in 1993 and has fallen 48% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 12%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
5.53%
First (1991)
9.10%
Change
-39.2%
Highest
10.72%
in 1993
Lowest
3.68%
in 2008
Average
5.98%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.45%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.53% |
| 2024 | 5.36% |
| 2023 | 5.09% |
| 2022 | 4.43% |
| 2021 | 5.07% |
| 2020 | 5.64% |
| 2019 | 5.02% |
| 2018 | 5.13% |
| 2017 | 5.83% |
| 2016 | 5.99% |
| 2015 | 6.28% |
| 2014 | 6.93% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.