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Denmark GDP and Economic Data
Country Report 2017 - 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 63 billion (2015)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
Gross Domestic Product - GDP
USD 314.8 billion (2017, estimate)
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
Intl$ 274.4 billion (2017, estimate)
Real GDP growth
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| 3.8% | 0.8% | -0.7% | -5.1% | 1.6% | 1.2% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* | ||
| -0.2% | 1.3% | 1% | 1% | 1.5% |
*Estimate
GDP per capita - current prices
USD 55,154.5 (2017, estimate)
GDP (PPP) - share of world total
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
| 0.46% | 0.41% | 0.36% | 0.26% | 0.2% |
*Estimate
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GDP - composition by sector
- agriculture: 1.1%
- industry: 23.4%
- services: 75.5%
(2016 estimate)
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP)
3.1% (2014)
OECD, data retrieved January 2017
Inflation
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
*Estimate
Unemployment rate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 7.0% | 6.5% | 6.2% | 6.0% | 5.8% |
*Estimate
Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 44.7% | 44.8% | 45.5% | 45.7% | 46.3% |
*Estimate
Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| -1.1% | 1.5% | -1.7% | -0.9% | -1.9% |
*Estimate
Government bond ratings
Standard & Poor's: AAA
Moody': Aaa
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
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Market value of publicly traded shares
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| N/A | N/A | NA |
Largest companies
Danske Bank, Møller-Maersk, Novo Nordisk, Vestas Wind Systems, Carlsberg, Jyske Bank, Pandora, ISS, Novozymes, DSV, Coloplast.
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Current account balance by percentage of GDP
6.6% (2017 estimate)
Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services)
53.4% (2015)
Shares in world total merchandising export
0.6% (2015)
Shares in world total commercial services export
1.3% (2015)
Export commodities
Machinery and instruments, meat and meat products, dairy products, fish, pharmaceuticals, furniture, windmills
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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 17.8%, Sweden 11.6%, US 8.4%, Norway 6.3%, UK 6.3%, Netherlands 4.4%, China 4.2% (2015)
Imports - major partners
Germany 20.4%, Sweden 12.3%, Netherlands 8.1%, China 7.3%, Norway 6.1%, UK 4.4% (2015)
FDI inflows
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 1,051 million | USD 3,474 million | USD 3,642 million |
FDI outflows
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 7,176 million | USD 8,410 million | USD 13,214 million |
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 552.9 million | USD 293.3 million | USD 3009.2 million | USD 2198.4 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: 3 out of 190 countries (2016)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 24 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 24 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 12 out of 190 countries
Getting credit: 32 out of 190 countries
Protecting investors: 19 out of 190 countries
Trading across border: 1 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 7 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 6 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 14 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 8 out of 190 countries
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Global competitiveness ranking
12 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Index of Economic Freedom
Ranking: 12 / Score: 75.26 (Mostly free) (2017)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
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Languages
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
note: English is the predominant second language
Religions
Evangelical Lutheran (official) 80%, Muslim 4%, other (denominations of less than 1% each, includes Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Serbian Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Baptist, and Buddhist) 16% (2012 est.)
Total population
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
| 5.135 million | 5.33 million | 5.535 million | 5.683 million | 5.812 million |
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Urban population as % of total population
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
| 74% | 84% | 85% | 88% |
Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)
29.1 (2012)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
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Freedom House rating
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 1 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
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Total telephone subscribers as % of population
Fixed 29.92% Mobile 128.34% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)