Unemployment rate: Denmark
5.529% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.529 |
| 2024 | 5.358 |
| 2023 | 5.094 |
| 2022 | 4.434 |
| 2021 | 5.065 |
| 2020 | 5.644 |
| 2019 | 5.018 |
| 2018 | 5.131 |
| 2017 | 5.833 |
| 2016 | 5.989 |
| 2015 | 6.278 |
| 2014 | 6.925 |
| 2013 | 7.384 |
| 2012 | 7.798 |
| 2011 | 7.769 |
| 2010 | 7.746 |
| 2009 | 6.409 |
| 2008 | 3.683 |
| 2007 | 3.801 |
| 2006 | 3.897 |
| 2005 | 4.83 |
| 2004 | 5.204 |
| 2003 | 5.398 |
| 2002 | 4.274 |
| 2001 | 4.164 |
| 2000 | 4.476 |
| 1999 | 5.141 |
| 1998 | 5.039 |
| 1997 | 5.4 |
| 1996 | 6.844 |
| 1995 | 6.992 |
| 1994 | 8.036 |
| 1993 | 10.719 |
| 1992 | 9.027 |
| 1991 | 9.099 |