Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2025, Denmark's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 5.5% compared to 2024, reaching 13.8%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 15.2%.

Denmark ranks 17th 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 17.9% (from 11.7% in 2020).

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