Unemployment by educational attainment level in Denmark, 2026
Unemployment by educational attainment level in 2026 (year-to-date through 1 January 2026): Value (as of 1 January 2026) — 14.9 % of the labour force. Comparison with the previous year and position in the series history. Official data — Eurostat.
Unemployment by educational attainment level in 2026: data as of 1 January 2026
- Value: 14.9 % of the labour force
- Change vs 2025: +2.4 % of the labour force (+19.2 %)
- Position in history: above the 18-year average (average — 10.6667 % of the labour force)
- This is the maximum over the available series history (18 years)
- Series minimum — 7.5 % of the labour force in 2022 (4 years ago)
- Value date: 1 January 2026
- Source: Eurostat
Dynamics over neighbouring years
| Year | Value, % of the labour force |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 9.6 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | 9.7 |
| 2020 | 10.6 |
| 2021 | 7.9 |
| 2022 | 7.5 |
| 2023 | 12.3 |
| 2024 | 12.8 |
| 2025 | 12.5 |
| 2026 | 14.9 |
Full history and interactive chart
Complete series for Denmark — on the Unemployment by educational attainment level page.
Other years
- Unemployment by educational attainment level in 2011
- Unemployment by educational attainment level in 2012
- Unemployment by educational attainment level in 2013
- Unemployment by educational attainment level in 2014
- Unemployment by educational attainment level in 2015
- Unemployment by educational attainment level in 2016
- Unemployment by educational attainment level in 2017
- Unemployment by educational attainment level in 2018
- Unemployment by educational attainment level in 2019
- Unemployment by educational attainment level in 2020
- Unemployment by educational attainment level in 2021
- Unemployment by educational attainment level in 2022
- Unemployment by educational attainment level in 2023
- Unemployment by educational attainment level in 2024
- Unemployment by educational attainment level in 2025