EU
Denmark
~34%
Work in exposed occupations
~1.04 m · estimate · 2025
5.9%
Unemployment
−0.8 pp (Jul 2026)
Aug 2026
15.0%
Youth unemployment (<25)
Aug 2026
2.3%
Job vacancy rate
Q2 2026
79.8%
Employment rate (20–64)
2025
42%
Firms using AI
2025 · EU average 20%
0.78
IMF AI Preparedness Index
IMF · 2023
3.07 m
Employed
2025 · Eurostat
Unemployment, monthly
DenmarkEU27Eurostat une_rt_m · seasonally adjusted
Who does what? — employment by occupational group
Tile size is the number employed, colour the group's average AI exposure.
Out of 100 workers — Denmark
- 47Not exposed
- 20Minimal
- 4Low
- 12Medium
- 11High
- 6Highest
Outlook to 2035 (Cedefop)
The fastest growing and shrinking occupational groups between 2025 and 2035.
+1.7%
Change 2025→2035
996 k
Total expected openings
2025–2035
942 k
Replacement demand
+54 k
Expansion
- Information and communications technology professionals+37.4%
- Business and administration professionals+33.2%
- Science and engineering associate professionals+24.0%
- Information and communications technicians+19.0%
- Science and engineering professionals+18.9%
- Legal, social and cultural professionals+18.7%
- Sales workers−15.6%
- Teaching professionals−20.8%
- Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers−24.2%
- Metal, machinery and related trades workers−25.8%
- Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians−26.1%
- General and keyboard clerks−38.2%
Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026
What employers say (WEF 2025)
10%
expected job churn by 2030
global: 22%
28%
of skills will change
global: 39%
100%
of firms run AI programmes
global: 88%
Small employer sample per country — indicative, not a precise measurement. WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025.