wanted to work less during the week.
The number of actual weekly working hours in Denmark decreased gradually over the past 10 years, before increasing slightly again in 2021. That year, the number of actual average weekly working hours was 34.2. The trend over the past years is in line with a survey, where 15 percent of Danes stated that they Average weekly working hours in Denmark from 2011 to 2021
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Statistics on Employment in Denmark
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Employment rate in Denmark 2011-2021
- Basic Statistic Unemployment rate in Denmark 2011-2021
- Basic Statistic Monthly average earnings in Denmark 2010-2020
- Basic Statistic Average weekly working hours in Denmark 2011-2021
- Basic Statistic Number of individuals unemployed after the coronavirus outbreak in Denmark 2020-2021
Employment
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- Basic Statistic Employment in Denmark 2023
- Basic Statistic Number of employed people in Denmark 2021-2022, by sector
- Basic Statistic Number of employed people in Denmark 2021-2022, by industry
- Basic Statistic Employment rate in Denmark 2011-2021, by gender
- Basic Statistic Employment rate in Denmark 2021, by age group
- Premium Statistic Employment rate in Denmark 2011-2021, by origin
- Basic Statistic Employment by economic sector in Denmark 2019
Unemployment
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- Basic Statistic Number of unemployed people in Denmark 2011-2021
- Basic Statistic Quarterly unemployment rate in Denmark 2018-2022
- Basic Statistic Unemployment rate in Denmark 2011-2021, by gender
- Basic Statistic Unemployment rate in Denmark 2021, by age group
- Basic Statistic Foreign unemployment rate in Denmark 2021, by region of origin
- Basic Statistic Youth unemployment rate in Denmark in 2021
- Premium Statistic Percentage of young people who were NEET in Denmark 2015-2022
Earnings
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- Basic Statistic Average monthly salary in Denmark 2021, by industry
- Basic Statistic Average monthly salary in Denmark 2021, by education level
- Basic Statistic Average monthly salary in the public and private sector Denmark 2021, by gender
- Premium Statistic Average annual wages and salaries in Denmark 2011-2021, by ancestry
- Premium Statistic Occupations in Denmark with the highest average salaries 2020
- Premium Statistic Women's share of men's earnings in Denmark 2011-2021
Working hours
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- Basic Statistic Average weekly working hours in Denmark 2021, by age and gender
- Premium Statistic Average weekly working hours in Denmark 2021, by industry
- Premium Statistic Average weekly working hours in the public and private sector in Denmark 2012-2018
- Basic Statistic Share of people who want to work less in Denmark 2019, by education level
- Premium Statistic Sickness absence rate for employees in Denmark 2013-2020
- Premium Statistic Sickness absence rate in Denmark 2013-2020, by gender
Job openings
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Impact of COVID-19
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- Basic Statistic Number of employed people in Denmark 2020-2022
- Basic Statistic Unemployment rate in Denmark 2020-2022
- Basic Statistic Post coronavirus unemployment forecast in Denmark 2020-2024
- Basic Statistic Share of employees working from home during COVID-19 in Denmark 2020
- Basic Statistic Share of people working from home due to the coronavirus in Denmark 2020, by region
- Premium Statistic Share of unemployed people after the coronavirus outbreak in Denmark 2020, by sector
- Basic Statistic Unemployment rate before and after the coronavirus in Denmark 2020-2023, by region
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Statistics Denmark. (March 9, 2022). Average weekly working hours in Denmark from 2011 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1167474/average-weekly-working-hours-in-denmark/
Statistics Denmark. "Average weekly working hours in Denmark from 2011 to 2021." Chart. March 9, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1167474/average-weekly-working-hours-in-denmark/
Statistics Denmark. (2022). Average weekly working hours in Denmark from 2011 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1167474/average-weekly-working-hours-in-denmark/
Statistics Denmark. "Average Weekly Working Hours in Denmark from 2011 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1167474/average-weekly-working-hours-in-denmark/
Statistics Denmark, Average weekly working hours in Denmark from 2011 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1167474/average-weekly-working-hours-in-denmark/ (last visited March 29, 2023)
Average weekly working hours in Denmark from 2011 to 2021 [Graph], Statistics Denmark, March 9, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1167474/average-weekly-working-hours-in-denmark/