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Part-time employment share in Denmark

Part-time employment share in Denmark was 26.6% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 0.3 pts from 2024. That is the 4th highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

202526.6%
Change on 2024-0.3 pts
Rank4th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high26.92024
Series low23.42020

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Part-time employment share in Denmark, 2009 to 2025

23242526272009201220152018202120252009: 24.6 %2010: 24.8 %2011: 24.3 %2012: 24.1 %2013: 24 %2014: 23.9 %2015: 23.8 %2016: 25 %2017: 24.7 %2018: 23.9 %2019: 24.2 %2020: 23.4 %2021: 23.9 %2022: 24.2 %2023: 25.2 %2024: 26.9 %2025: 26.6 %23242526272009201520252009: 24.6 %2010: 24.8 %2011: 24.3 %2012: 24.1 %2013: 24 %2014: 23.9 %2015: 23.8 %2016: 25 %2017: 24.7 %2018: 23.9 %2019: 24.2 %2020: 23.4 %2021: 23.9 %2022: 24.2 %2023: 25.2 %2024: 26.9 %2025: 26.6 %
%. Source: Eurostat, Part-time employment as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-09-10.
All 17 values
Period%
202526.6
202426.9
202325.2 Series break
202224.2
202123.9
202023.4
201924.2
201823.9
201724.7 Series break
201625 Series break
201523.8
201423.9
201324
201224.1
201124.3
201024.8
200924.6

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2025
Denmark26.6
European Union (27)17.7

Denmark compared with nearby places

Austria: 30.1 %Belgium: 25.5 %Bulgaria: 1.7 %Cyprus: 7.7 %Czechia: 8 %Germany: 29.4 %Denmark: 26.6 %Estonia: 13.4 %Spain: 13.5 %Finland: 17.4 %France: 16.9 %Greece: 5.2 %Croatia: 3 %Hungary: 4.7 %Ireland: 19.5 %Italy: 15.5 %Lithuania: 5.5 %Luxembourg: 18 %Latvia: 7.8 %Malta: 9.8 %Netherlands: 42.2 %Poland: 6.2 %Portugal: 7 %Romania: 2.3 %Sweden: 19.4 %Slovenia: 8.4 %Slovakia: 4.4 %
  • Under 5.3
  • 5.3 to 7.9
  • 7.9 to 15
  • 15 to 19
  • 19 and over
Part-time employment share, 2025, %. Denmark is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Eurostat, European Commission. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Employed people aged 15 to 64 who work part time, as a percentage of all employed people aged 15 to 64. Whether a job is part time is based on the person's own answer in the labour force survey.

From the EU labour force survey. Eurostat flags series breaks (most in 2021, under the new framework regulation for social statistics); they are stored as status break.

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Eurostat. Part-time employment as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Part-time employment as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a) (Part-time employment share, Denmark, 2009 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table

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Part-time employment as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a), Part-time employment share, Denmark, 2009 to 2025. Eurostat, European Commission, 10 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/part-time-employment-share/denmark. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Part-time employment as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a). Part-time employment share, Denmark, 2009 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/part-time-employment-share/denmark.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Part-time employment as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a), Part-time employment share, Denmark, 2009 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_pt_a/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/part-time-employment-share/denmark (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the part-time employment share in Denmark?

Part-time employment share in Denmark was 26.6% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 0.3 pts from 2024. That is the 4th highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. Part-time employment as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsi_pt_a). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest part-time employment share in Denmark?

26.9% in 2024, the highest value since 2009 in this series.

Part-time employment share elsewhere in European Union (27)

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