Denmark: manufacture of food products - number of employees 2021

In 2021, the number of employees in the food product manufacturing industry in Denmark remained nearly unchanged at around 54,372 employees. However, 2021 marked the second consecutive increase of the number of employees in this industry.
Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work.

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Total number of employees in the food products manufacturing sector in Denmark from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Total number of employees
2021	54,372
2020	54,332
2019	53,062
2018	54,578
2017	52,768
2016b	52,306
2015	53,998
2014	55,930
2013	56,044
2012	57,653

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

Denmark

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
The source adds: Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work.
Data coverage corresponds to Section C10 of CE Rev2.

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