Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2024, Denmark's unemployment by sex and age increased by 21.6% compared to 2023, reaching 6.2%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 5.9%.

Denmark ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 24.0% (from 5.0% in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset une_rt_a, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.