AI & jobs · Country profile

Denmark

High income Capital: Copenhagen 5 regions
37%
of jobs are in occupations exposed to generative AI. That's about 1.1M people.
MODEL14th of 183 most exposed World 21%High income 35%

Key numbers

Workers in exposed jobsMODEL
1.1M
of 3.1M in work
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.7%
178K people
People in workILO
3.1M
47% women
UnemploymentWORLD BANK
5.5%
2025
Youth unemploymentWORLD BANK
11.7%
ages 15–24
GDP per capitaWORLD BANK
$76,970
US$, 2025
Internet usersWORLD BANK
100%
of population
AI preparednessIMF
0.78
2nd of 165
PopulationWORLD BANK
6M
Tertiary enrolmentWORLD BANK
79%
gross ratio
Vulnerable employmentWORLD BANK
5%
own-account & family workers
Urban populationWORLD BANK
89%

Women and men

MODEL

Based on the real occupation mix of women’s and men’s jobs (ILO).

Women: any exposure 42%
Men: any exposure 32%
Women: highest exposure 7.3%
Men: highest exposure 4.3%

Women are +10.7 pts more exposed, mostly because they hold more clerical and administrative jobs.

How it compares

MODEL
Denmark 37%
High income 35%
Europe & Central Asia 32%
World 21%

AI preparedness

IMF
DenmarkHigh income average
Digital infrastructure 0.20
Human capital & labour policy 0.18
Innovation & integration 0.18
Regulation & ethics 0.22

IMF AI Preparedness Index (2023). The four parts sum to the overall score of 0.78 (0–1 scale).

Exposure vs preparedness

Denmark is highlighted. The other dots are all countries with both measures.

Sources: ILO modelled estimates 2025 · World Bank WDI · IMF AIPI · Anthropic Economic Index · Wikidata · Natural Earth. How the estimates are made.

Regions of Denmark