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Denmark GDP and Economic Data
Includes Denmark real Gross Domestic Product growth rate, with latest forecasts and historical data, GDP per capita, GDP composition and breakdown by sector.
Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Denmark economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Denmark best banks and safest banks are also available.
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Central bank
National Bank of Denmark (Danmarks Nationalbank)
International Reserves
USD 72.82 billion (2020)
World Bank, last updated 12/16/2021
Gross Domestic Product - GDP
USD 396.67 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
USD 370.30 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
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Real GDP growth
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
| 2% | 2.1% | 2.1% | –2.1% | 3.8% |
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GDP per capita - current prices
USD 67,919.59 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
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GDP per capita - PPP
USD 63,404.86 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
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GDP (PPP) - share of world total
0.26% (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
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GDP - composition by sector
- agriculture: 1.3%
- industry: 21.2%
- services: 64.6%
(2018 estimate)
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP)
2.9% (2019)
OECD, retrieved January 2022
Inflation
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
| 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 1.4% |
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Unemployment rate
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
| 5.8% | 5.1% | 5% | -5.6% | 5.4% |
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Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
| 35.9% | 34% | 33.6% | 42.1% | 38.8% |
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Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
| 1.7% | 0.4% | 3.8% | –0.9% | –2.2% |
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Government bond ratings
Standard & Poor's: AAA
Moody's: Aaa
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (January 2022)
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Largest companies
Møller-Maersk, Novo Nordisk, Danske Bank, Vestas Wind Systems, Orsted, DSV Panalpina, Carlsberg, Coloplast, Genmab, Jyske Bank, Novozymes, TrygVesta
Forbes Global 2000 (2021)
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Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services)
5.7 % (2018 estimate)
Shares in world total merchandising export
0.56% (2018)
Shares in world total commercial services export
1.20% (2018)
Export commodities
Wind turbines, pharmaceuticals, machinery and instruments, meat and meat products, dairy products, fish, furniture and design
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Import commodities
Machinery and equipment, raw materials and semimanufactures for industry, chemicals, grain and foodstuffs, consumer goods
Exports - major partners
Germany 15.5%, Sweden 11.6%, UK 8.2%, US 7.5%, Norway 6%, China 4.4%, Netherlands 4.4% (2017)
Imports - major partners
Germany 21.3%, Sweden 11.9%, Netherlands 7.8%, China 7.1%, Norway 6.3%, Poland 4% (2017)
FDI inflows
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 38 million | USD 3,447 million | USD 1,789 million |
FDI outflows
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 9,881 million | USD 8,896 million | USD -3,690 million |
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 1,838 million | USD 1,330 million | USD 5,001 million | USD 2,427 million |
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014
N/A
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015
N/A
Best countries for doing business
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
4 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 45 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 4 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 21 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 11 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 48 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 28 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 8 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 1 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 14 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 6 out of 190 countries
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Global competitiveness ranking
10 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Index of Economic Freedom
Ranking: 14 / Score: 76.7 (Mostly free)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
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Languages
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
Religions
Evangelical Lutheran (official) 74.7%, Muslim 5.5%, other/none/unspecified (denominations of less than 1% each in descending order of size include Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Serbian Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Baptist, Buddhist, Mormon, Pentecosta
Total population
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
| 5.14 million | 5.33 million | 5.54 million | 5.66 million | 5.84 million |
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Urban population as % of total population
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
| 73.7% | 83.7% | 85.1% | 87.9% |
% of population living on less than $3.10 a day
0.2% (last available estimate, 2015)
Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)
28.2 (last available estimate, 2015)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
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Freedom House rating
Free
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 1 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
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Total telephone subscribers as % of population
Fixed: 19.7%
Mobile: 125.1%
(2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)