Basic Statistics of Denmark, 2024
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LAND, PEOPLE AND ELECTORAL CYCLE |
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Population (million) |
6.0 |
Population density per km² |
149.4 |
(39.6) |
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Under 15 (%) |
15.7 |
(16.7) |
Life expectancy at birth (years, 2023) |
81.8 |
(81.2) |
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Over 65 (%) |
20.9 |
(18.6) |
Men (2023) |
79.9 |
(78.6) |
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International migrant stock (% of population) |
14.2 |
(15.7) |
Women (2023) |
83.7 |
(83.8) |
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Latest 5-year average growth (%) |
0.6 |
(0.5) |
Latest general election |
November-2022 |
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ECONOMY |
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Gross domestic product (GDP) |
Value added shares (%) |
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In current prices (billion USD) |
424.5 |
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
0.8 |
(2.5) |
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In current prices (billion DKK) |
2 926.9 |
Industry including construction |
27.0 |
(25.3) |
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Latest 5-year average real growth (%) |
1.8 |
(1.7) |
Services |
72.1 |
(72.2) |
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Per capita (thousand USD PPP, OECD: 2023)² |
78.6 |
(59.0) |
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT (Per cent of GDP) |
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Expenditure |
47.3 |
(43.7) |
Gross financial debt (OECD: 2023) |
38.5 |
(110.4) |
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Revenue |
51.8 |
(38.7) |
Net financial debt (OECD: 2023) |
-23.5 |
(67.1) |
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EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS |
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Exchange rate (DKK per USD) |
6.89 |
Main exports (% of total merchandise exports) |
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PPP exchange rate (USA = 1) |
6.23 |
Chemicals |
24.5 |
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In per cent of GDP |
Machinery and electronics |
20.1 |
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Exports of goods and services |
71.0 |
(30.4) |
Animal |
9.8 |
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Imports of goods and services |
60.8 |
(30.0) |
Main imports (% of total merchandise imports) |
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Current account balance |
12.2 |
(-0.4) |
Machinery and electronics |
20.6 |
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Net international investment position |
66.6 |
Transportation |
13.4 |
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Chemicals |
11.5 |
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LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION |
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Employment rate (aged 15 and over, %) |
61.2 |
(58.0) |
Unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (aged 15 and over, %) |
6.1 |
(4.9) |
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Men |
65.6 |
(65.4) |
Youth (aged 15-24, %) |
14.6 |
(11.1) |
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Women |
56.9 |
(51.0) |
Long-term unemployed (1 year and over, %) |
0.5 |
(1.0) |
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Participation rate (aged 15 and over, %) |
65.2 |
(61.0) |
Tertiary educational attainment (aged 25-64, %) |
45.1 |
(41.2) |
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Average hours worked per year |
1 379 |
(1 736) |
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP, 2022) |
2.9 |
(3.0) |
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ENVIRONMENT |
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Total primary energy supply per capita (toe, 2023) |
2.5 |
(3.7) |
CO₂ emissions from fuel combustion per capita (tonnes) |
4.0 |
(7.5) |
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Renewables (%) |
47.3 |
(13.1) |
Water abstractions per capita (1 000 m³, 2023) |
0.2 |
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Exposure to air pollution (more than 10 μg/m³ of PM 2.5, % of population, 2020) |
6.4 |
(56.5) |
Municipal waste per capita (tonnes, 2022, OECD: 2023) |
0.8 |
(0.6) |
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SOCIETY |
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Income inequality (Gini coefficient, 2022, OECD: latest available) |
0.276 |
(0.317) |
Education outcomes (PISA 2022 score) |
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Relative poverty rate (%, 2022) |
6.3 |
(11.5) |
Reading |
489 |
(476) |
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Median disposable household income (thousand USD PPP, 2022) |
38.5 |
(31.7) |
Mathematics |
489 |
(472) |
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Public and private spending (% of GDP) |
Science |
494 |
(485) |
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Health care |
9.4 |
(9.3) |
Share of women in parliament (%) |
45.3 |
(33.3) |
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Pensions (2021) |
10.9 |
(9.9) |
Net official development assistance (% of GNI) |
0.7 |
(0.4) |
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Education (total spending, 2020) |
5.8 |
(5.1) |
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Note: The year is indicated in parenthesis if it deviates from the year in the main title of this table. Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of latest available data is calculated where data exist for at least 80% of member countries.
1. OECD aggregate refers to weighted average.
Source: Calculations based on data extracted from databases of the following organisations: OECD, International Energy Agency, International Labour Organisation, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, World Bank.