ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Denmark
Denmark: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by was 69.55 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Denmark, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 69.55 % for ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.6% on the previous year and up 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Denmark peaked at 79.64 % in 1997 and was at its lowest, 55.99 %, in 2015.
That places Denmark 9th out of 79 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Denmark, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 77.56 % | — |
| 1993 | 71.92 % | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 76.67 % | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 79.25 % | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 78.7 % | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 79.64 % | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 67.79 % | -14.9% |
| 1999 | 77.06 % | +13.7% |
| 2000 | 78.35 % | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 66.58 % | -15.0% |
| 2002 | 71.79 % | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 69.32 % | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 70.38 % | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 72.95 % | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 73.69 % | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 73.82 % | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 72.55 % | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 70.11 % | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 65.11 % | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 63.52 % | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 60.76 % | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 56.83 % | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 56.19 % | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 55.99 % | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 56.01 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 59.99 % | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 58.57 % | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 60.49 % | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 60.37 % | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 61.94 % | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 62.63 % | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 62.31 % | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 69.55 % | +11.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 76.07 % | 67.79 % | 79.64 % | 8 |
| 2000s | 71.95 % | 66.58 % | 78.35 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.35 % | 55.99 % | 65.11 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.36 % | 60.37 % | 69.55 % | 5 |
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- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.256 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per capita 19,705 current US$ per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Denmark?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Denmark was 69.55 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 79.64 % in 1997.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.99 % in 2015.
- How does Denmark rank for ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by?
- Denmark ranks 9th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, 15 to 24, rural areas — Male — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.