Denmark

DNKEurope & Central AsiaHigh incomeCapital: Copenhagen
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76/80 indicators · percentile vs world (IMF / WB / WHO)underover
Denmark in world space2000–2024
1k10k100k505560657075808590GDP per capita (USD, log)Life expectancy (years)20002024
192 countries · log scale on X world Denmark· trajectory line: 1980 → today
▶About Denmark

Denmark's GDP is $503.77B (2026), with a population of 6.0M, and GDP per capita of $83,445. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 2.0%, inflation at 2.0%, unemployment at 2.9%, government debt at 27.4% of GDP, life expectancy of 82.3 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.

▶Economy32 indicators · 2021–2026 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
GDP (Current USD)$503.77B2026▲ 9.1%IMF
Real GDP Growth (%)2.0%2026▼ 31.0%IMF
GDP per Capita (USD)$83,4452026▲ 8.3%IMF
GDP, PPP (Intl $)$541.34B2026▲ 4.9%IMF
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$89,6672026▲ 4.2%IMF
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.24%2026▼ 0.8%IMF
GNI (Current USD)$474.96B2025▲ 8.4%WB
GNI per Capita, Atlas Method (Current US$)$77,1902025▲ 6.4%WB
GNI per Capita, PPP (Current Intl $)$85,4602025▲ 2.3%WB
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)24.8%2025▲ 2.9%WB
Services Value Added (% of GDP)62.7%2025▼ 1.4%WB
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)1.2%2025▲ 26.0%WB
Government Consumption (% of GDP)23.2%2025▲ 1.1%WB
Household Consumption (% of GDP)43.6%2025▲ 0.1%WB
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)22.1%2025▼ 4.7%WB
Gross Savings (% of GDP)35.4%2024▲ 2.2%WB
GDP Deflator Inflation (Annual %)1.7%2025▲ 14.4%WB
GDP per Employed Person (Constant 2021 PPP $)$140,3972025▲ 2.6%WB
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)18.7%2025▲ 4.9%WB
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)55.1%2022▲ 2.6%WB
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$58,7962021▲ 12.5%WB
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)20.4%2021▲ 10.1%WB
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)11.0%2025▲ 7.5%WB
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.27%2021▲ 97.2%WB
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.06%2021▲ 353.4%WB
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)0.3%2021▲ 108.6%WB
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.01%2021▲ 1.0%WB
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$114.90B2025▲ 12.1%WB
GDP per Capita, PPP (Constant 2021 Intl $)$72,7232025▲ 2.4%WB
GDP per Capita (Constant 2015 US$)$62,2182025▲ 2.4%WB
▶Financial Markets1 indicator · 2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Exchange Rate (per EUR)7.462025▲ 0.1%WB
▶Fiscal & Monetary18 indicators · 2023–2026 · IMF / WB
▶Trade15 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Trade (% of GDP)129.2%2025▼ 1.9%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)70.1%2025▼ 1.2%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)59.1%2025▼ 2.7%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$324.31B2025▲ 7.6%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$273.38B2025▲ 6.0%WB
Merchandise Exports (USD)$148.38B2025▲ 11.3%WB
Merchandise Imports (USD)$136.23B2025▲ 10.9%WB
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)4.3%2024▲ 111.2%WB
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)7.2%2024▲ 157.1%WB
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$18.24B2024▲ 121.5%WB
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$1.52B2024▼ 0.1%WB
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)0.4%2024▼ 4.7%WB
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)17.6%2024▲ 2.8%WB
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)12.2%2024▲ 10.8%WB
Current Account Balance (USD)$51.77B2024▲ 16.2%WB
▶Finance11 indicators · 2004–2025 · WB
▶Business Environment1 indicator · 2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Time to Get Electricity (days)562025▲ 57.6%WB
▶Private Sector6 indicators · 2025 · WB
▶People23 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Population6.0M2025▲ 0.5%WB
Population Growth (%)0.5%2025▲ 6.6%WB
Population Density (per km²)1492023▲ 0.7%WB
Surface Area (sq km)42,9202023▲ 0.0%WB
Land Area (sq km)40,0002023▲ 0.0%WB
Urban Population (%)88.8%2025▲ 0.2%WB
Urban Population (total)5.3M2025▲ 0.7%WB
Rural Population (%)11.2%2025▼ 1.3%WB
Life Expectancy at Birth82.3 years2024▲ 0.6%WB
Life Expectancy, Male80.4 years2024▲ 0.6%WB
Life Expectancy, Female84.2 years2024▲ 0.6%WB
Fertility Rate (births per woman)1.52024▼ 2.0%WB
Birth Rate (per 1,000)9.52024▼ 2.1%WB
Death Rate (per 1,000)9.52024▼ 3.1%WB
Net Migration22,1032025▼ 13.8%WB
Population Ages 0–14 (%)15.6%2025▼ 0.9%WB
Population Ages 15–64 (%)63.3%2025▼ 0.2%WB
Population Ages 65+ (%)21.1%2025▲ 1.2%WB
Age Dependency Ratio (%)57.9%2025▲ 0.5%WB
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)33.4%2025▲ 1.4%WB
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)24.6%2025▼ 0.7%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)65.82024▼ 4.3%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)39.12024▼ 4.3%WB
▶Labor20 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Total Labor Force3.3M2025▲ 0.5%WB
Labor Force Participation (%)64.9%2025▼ 0.2%WB
Female Labor Force Participation (%)60.8%2025▼ 0.2%WB
Male Labor Force Participation (%)69.2%2025▼ 0.2%WB
Unemployment (%)5.5%2025▲ 3.2%WB
Female Unemployment (%)5.7%2025▲ 3.3%WB
Male Unemployment (%)5.4%2025▲ 3.1%WB
Youth Unemployment (%)11.7%2025▼ 0.4%WB
Employment in Agriculture (%)1.6%2025▼ 2.8%WB
Employment in Industry (%)18.8%2025▼ 1.0%WB
Employment in Services (%)79.6%2025▲ 0.3%WB
Labor Force Participation, Age 15+ (National Estimate, %)65.2%2025▼ 0.0%WB
Vulnerable Employment (%)5.4%2025▼ 3.0%WB
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)92.1%2025▲ 0.1%WB
Part-Time Employment (%)28.5%2024▲ 7.4%WB
Employers (% of total employment)2.5%2025▲ 1.3%WB
Labor Force, Female (% of total)47.4%2025▼ 0.0%WB
Employment to Population Ratio (%)61.3%2025▼ 0.3%WB
Self-Employed (% of total)7.9%2025▼ 1.7%WB
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)6.9%2024▼ 3.6%WB
▶Education17 indicators · 2014–2024 · WB
▶Health44 indicators · 2020–2025 · WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Health Spending (% of GDP)9.4%2024▼ 1.8%WHO
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$6,7452024▲ 3.6%WHO
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)7.8%2024▼ 1.6%WHO
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)13.9%2024▼ 0.8%WHO
Physicians (per 1,000 people)4.52021▲ 2.8%WHO
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)12.22021▲ 1.4%WHO
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)2.42023▼ 2.0%WHO
Under-5 Mortality (per 1,000 live births)42024▲ 2.6%WHO
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)2.72024▲ 3.8%WHO
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)42023▼ 33.3%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)3.62024▲ 2.9%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)4.32024▲ 2.4%WHO
Communicable, Maternal, Prenatal & Nutrition Causes (% of Deaths)9.1%2021▲ 4.9%WHO
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)87.7%2021▲ 0.1%WHO
Cause of Death, Injury (%)3.2%2021▼ 13.6%WHO
Measles Immunization (% of children)94.0%2024▼ 1.1%WHO
DPT Immunization (% of children)96.0%2024▼ 1.0%WHO
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.12024▲ 0.0%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)32024▼ 8.6%WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Male Adults (%)16.5%2024▼ 4.1%WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Female Adults (%)15.0%2024▼ 3.2%WHO
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)10.52021▼ 4.0%WHO
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)9.52020▲ 1.0%WHO
Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)81.184004422021—WHO
Remaining Life Expectancy at Age 60 (WHO)23.463196172021—WHO
Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)70.056890942021—WHO
Infant Mortality, Under Age 1 (WHO)3.5281788922024—WHO
Under-5 Mortality (WHO)3.9545671482024—WHO
Neonatal Mortality, 0–27 Days (WHO)2.6991503022024—WHO
Maternal Deaths (WHO Estimates)2.1191709412023—WHO
Estimated Tuberculosis Incidence (WHO)3.22024—WHO
TB Mortality, Excluding HIV (per 100K)0.172024—WHO
People Living with HIV62002024—WHO
Diabetes Prevalence, Age 18+ (age-standardized, %)2.32511982022—WHO
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (WHO/UNICEF)962025—WHO
Measles First-Dose Coverage (MCV1, WHO/UNICEF)942025—WHO
Hepatitis B Three-Dose Coverage (HepB3, WHO/UNICEF)02025—WHO
Physicians (total)26,9422023▲ 1.9%WHO
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel65,0112023▲ 1.6%WHO
Dentists (total)4,5952023▲ 0.6%WHO
Pharmacists (total)3,4702022▲ 2.0%WHO
UHC Service Coverage Index (SDG 3.8.1)852023—WHO
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)2.32021—WHO
Current Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, US$)6510.6252023—WHO
▶Energy & Environment18 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB / WHO
▶Agriculture12 indicators · 2022–2024 · WB
▶Technology13 indicators · 2021–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Internet Users (%)99.8%2024▲ 1.0%WB
Mobile Subscriptions (per 100 people)1272024▼ 0.0%WB
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)43.42024▼ 1.5%WB
Secure Internet Servers (per million)246,545.62024▼ 5.6%WB
R&D Spending (% of GDP)3.05%2023▲ 6.3%WB
Patent Applications, Residents1,0902021▼ 13.6%WB
Patent Applications, Non-Residents1862021▼ 14.3%WB
Scientific Journal Articles15,6032023▼ 0.6%WB
High-Technology Exports (USD)$17.12B2024▲ 8.0%WB
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)7.5%2024▲ 0.3%WB
ICT Service Exports (USD)$9.61B2024▲ 7.1%WB
Industrial Design Applications, Resident1352021▼ 4.9%WB
Researchers in R&D (per million)8,8382023▼ 2.2%WB
▶Infrastructure9 indicators · 2004–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Air Transport, Passengers Carried6.4M2004▲ 9.2%WB
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)174.52004▲ 2.1%WB
Container Port Traffic (TEU)935,8482024▲ 1.0%WB
Rail Lines (total km)2,1312009▲ 0.0%WB
Rail Passengers Carried (million passenger-km)6,5602018▼ 1.0%WB
Railways, Goods (million ton-km)2,5922018▼ 2.3%WB
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)4.102022▲ 2.8%WB
Electricity from Oil (%)0.6%2024▼ 10.9%WB
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021—WB
▶Gender8 indicators · 2017–2025 · WB
▶Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Control of Corruption2.382023▼ 1.1%WB
Government Effectiveness2.022023▲ 1.3%WB
Political Stability0.852023▼ 2.1%WB
Regulatory Quality1.842023▼ 0.2%WB
Rule of Law1.912023▲ 0.5%WB
Voice & Accountability1.662023▲ 4.6%WB
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)100.0%2023▲ 0.0%WB
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)98.6%2023▲ 0.0%WB
Rule of Law (percentile rank)99.5%2023▲ 0.0%WB
Political Stability (percentile rank)76.8%2023▼ 0.1%WB
▶Military6 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Military Spending (% of GDP)2.4%2024▲ 20.8%WB
Military Expenditure (USD)$9.96B2024▲ 22.5%WB
Armed Forces Personnel15,0002020▲ 0.0%WB
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.5%2020▲ 0.0%WB
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)5.1%2024▲ 18.5%WB
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)0.82023▼ 14.4%WB
▶Poverty & Inequality12 indicators · 2021–2023 · WB
▶Social Protection4 indicators · 2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.762020▼ 2.0%WB
Human Capital Index, Female0.772020▼ 1.6%WB
Human Capital Index, Male0.742020▼ 2.5%WB
Learning-Adjusted Years of School11.1 years2020▼ 2.4%WB
▶Tourism5 indicators · 2018–2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
International Tourism, Arrivals15.6M2020▼ 52.9%WB
International Tourism, Departures4.2M2020▼ 53.5%WB
Tourism Receipts (USD)$9.10B2018▲ 6.9%WB
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$10.48B2018▲ 6.9%WB
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)4.5%2018▼ 2.8%WB
▶Urban Development8 indicators · 2022–2025 · WB / WHO