Unemployment fell slightly between May and June according to new figures from Statistics Denmark.

Unemployment dropped by approximately 900 people to around 153,000, leaving the national unemployment rate at around 5.8 percent.

The number of unemployed workers has dropped by around 10,000 since last October, though unemployment has remained somewhat stable since November 2009, hovering between 5.8 and 6.2 percent of the workforce.

People aged 25 to 29 have the highest rate of unemployment, rising 0.1 percent to around 9.8 percent in June, while unemployment among 50 to 59-year-olds dropped 0.1 percent to 5.3 percent.

With 7.2 percent  of its workforce unemployed, Copenhagen has the highest percentage of unemployed workers in the nation, while northern Zealand takes the honour of having the least number of unemployed, with 4.4 percent.