Canada vs Denmark: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Canada
6.8%
in 2025
Denmark
6.4%
in 2025
Canada rank
67th
Denmark rank
70th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

  • Canada
  • Denmark
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 6.8% against 6.4% in Denmark, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 67th and Denmark ranks 70th of 185 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit
%
Source
Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.