Employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and in Hovedstaden
Hovedstaden: Employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and was 79.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and in Hovedstaden, 2007–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and in Hovedstaden is 79.0%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and in Hovedstaden peaked at 79.0% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 72.5%, in 2012.
That places Hovedstaden 50th out of 437 regions with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and in Hovedstaden, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 78.1% | — |
| 2008 | 77.6% | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 74.9% | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 73.4% | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 72.8% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 72.5% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 72.7% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 72.8% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 73.8% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 75.1% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 75.2% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 75.9% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 76.8% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 76.2% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 76.5% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 78.5% | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 78.3% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 78.8% | +0.6% |
| 2025 | 79.0% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.9% | 74.9% | 78.1% | 3 |
| 2010s | 74.1% | 72.5% | 76.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.9% | 76.2% | 79.0% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Hovedstaden
- Persons in full-time/part-time employment by professional status and 1,056 Thousand persons (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 84.9% (2025)
- Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 1,458 Thousand persons (2025)
- Population in private households by country of birth, labour status 1,458 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by NUTS 2 region 1,056 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employment rates by NUTS 2 region 72.4% (2025)
- Employed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 1,056 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by professional status and NUTS 2 region 1,056 Thousand persons (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 84.9% (2025)
- Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 32.6 Hour (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and in Hovedstaden?
- Employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and in Hovedstaden was 79.0% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and recorded in Hovedstaden?
- The highest recorded value was 79.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and recorded in Hovedstaden?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.5% in 2012.
- How does Hovedstaden rank for employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and?
- Hovedstaden ranks 50th out of 437 regions with data for 2025.
- Is employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and rising or falling in Hovedstaden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hovedstaden data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and NUTS 2 region. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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