Key data points
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Observation period
Apr 2025
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Forecast
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Highest
12.90 % on Apr 30, 1994
Lowest
1.60 % on Jun 30, 2008
About Denmark unemployment rate
In Denmark, unemployment rates in per cent are calculated for the group of persons who are members of an unemployment insurance fund and for the total group of registered unemployed persons, i.e. unemployed insured persons plus unemployed uninsured persons. Both calculations are carried out for the 16-66 age bracket and do not include persons receiving early-retirement benefits or transitional benefits. The unemployment rate in per cent for registered unemployed persons is calculated by comparing the average number of unemployed persons to the workforce (RAS).
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Frequently Asked Questions
To calculate Denmark unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Denmark unemployment rate is 1.60%.
The highest figure Denmark unemployment rate has ever reached is 12.90%.
Last month Denmark unemployment rate was 2.50%, and the month before it reached 2.50%.