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Kingdom of Denmark
DNK DK kr Danish krone (DKK)
Every statistic we track for Denmark — 162 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$89,667
81.2 yrs
7.54
0.88
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📈 Economy
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 1.5 | #157/217 | 2024 |
| Gender Inequality Index | 0 | #172/172 | 2023 |
| Median Age | 41.3 | #54/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 5.6 | #112/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 6 | #110/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 142.1 | #92/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 21 | #172/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 88.7% | #35/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 100% | #29/214 | 2024 |
| Internet Users | 99.8% | #4/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 126.5 | #63/209 | 2022 |
| Weekly Internet Use | 97.5% | #3/34 | 2024 |
🫀 Health
🎓 Education
| ICILS Computational Thinking, Grade 8 | 504 | #4/21 | 2023 |
| ICILS Computer and Information Literacy, Grade 8 | 517.9 | #3/32 | 2023 |
| Mean Years of Schooling | 11.7 | #33/146 | 2020 |
| PIRLS Reading, Grade 4 | 539 | #16/53 | 2021 |
| PISA Mathematics Score | 489 | #13/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Reading Score | 489 | #16/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Science Score | 494 | #19/79 | 2022 |
| TIMSS Mathematics, Grade 4 | 523.7 | #21/55 | 2023 |
| TIMSS Science, Grade 4 | 522.1 | #22/55 | 2023 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 4.3 | #63/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 2,483 | #44/149 | 2023 |
| Environmental Performance Index | 67.7 | #10/179 | 2024 |
| Renewable Electricity | 89.2% | #21/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
📰 Media & news
| News Avoidance (Digital News Report) | 34% | #39/48 | 2026 |
| Paying for Online News (Digital News Report) | 20% | #6/42 | 2026 |
| Press Freedom Index | 88.5 | #4/177 | 2026 |
| Social Media as News Source (Digital News Report) | 47% | #30/48 | 2026 |
| Trust in News (Digital News Report) | 55% | #4/48 | 2026 |
| Trust in the News Media (ISSP) | 49.6% | #8/28 | 2020 |
🛡️ Safety
| Global Peace Index | 1.4 | #153/160 | 2025 |
| Homicide Rate | 0.5 | #187/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 2.3 | #188/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 88.9% | #54/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 61.7% | #17/142 | 2023 |
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 0.2 | #156/193 | 2026 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 23.3% | #81/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) | 9.3% | #50/139 | 2023 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 1.3 | #188/191 | 2025 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 66.1 | #16/141 | 2023 |
| World Risk Index | 1.1 | #180/193 | 2026 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 34.8% | #137/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 7.5 | #3/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness (EVS) | 90.3% | #11/36 | 2017–2020 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 1.1 | #15/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 2 | #7/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.1 | #48/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 0.9 | #24/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0.5 | #3/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 1.6 | #3/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 1 | #4/193 | 2023 |
| Life Satisfaction (Eurobarometer) | 95.7% | #2/34 | 2024 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Acceptance of Homosexuality (EVS) | 87.9% | #2/36 | 2017–2020 |
| Attended a Demonstration | 13.1% | #60/151 | 2017 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 85.3% | #56/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 69.8% | #105/143 | 2018 |
| Individualism | 74 | #10/65 | 2010 |
| Interpersonal Trust (EVS) | 74.1% | #1/36 | 2017–2020 |
| Interpersonal Trust (ISSP) | 59.6% | #3/27 | 2020 |
| Left–Right Self-placement | 5 | #43/53 | 2011–2024 |
| Masculinity | 16 | #62/65 | 2010 |
| Power Distance | 18 | #63/65 | 2010 |
| Signed a Petition | 38.5% | #12/121 | 2017 |
| Trade Union Membership | 61.1% | #2/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in government | 5.2 | #31/123 | 2017 |
| Trust in parliament | 5.8 | #19/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in People (ESS) | 6.8 | #1/38 | 2023 |
| Trust in political parties | 4.9 | #12/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in Science | 96% | #2/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 91% | #7/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in the legal system | 6.8 | #6/153 | 2017 |
| Uncertainty Avoidance | 23 | #63/65 | 2010 |
| Voting Makes a Difference | 74.2% | #16/54 | 2011–2024 |
| Who Is in Power Makes a Difference | 72.5% | #18/51 | 2011–2021 |
Latest available period per indicator. The rank counts down from the highest value, whatever that means for the series: on child mortality or extreme poverty the country at #1 is the worst in the world, not the best. Sources are credited on each indicator page.