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Denmark: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1874–2025 · 152 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp

2025
2.90%percent
Change on 2024
+0.0 pointsfrom 2.89%
Average, 2016–2025
3.51%10 years
Record high and low
9.53% (1993)low 0.853% (1973)

Unemployment rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20312.90Forecast
20302.90Forecast
20292.90Forecast
20282.90Forecast
20276.50Forecast
20265.99Forecast
20252.90
20242.89
20232.77
20222.51
20213.59
20204.66
20193.66
20183.85
20174.20
20164.13

Sources

  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1874–2020
  • Abildgren1900–2022
  • Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1925–1936
  • AMECO (European Commission)1960–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1969–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1973–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1983–2025
  • International Labour Organization2000–2023
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor2006–2025
  • Eurostat2009–2025
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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