Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2024, Denmark's unemployment by sex and age increased by 27.0% compared to 2023, reaching 14.6%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 14.9%.

Denmark ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 44.6% (from 10.1% in 2019).

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