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Denmark, is a country located at Northern Europe, it has an area of 42,920 Km2 and it may be considered quite a small country.

Denmark, with a population of 5,932,654 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and has a population density of 138 people per km2.

It's capital is Copenhagen and its currency is Danish krones

Denmark is holding the 40 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2023 was 109,517 millions of euros (118,421 millions of dollars), ( 29.3% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €18,460 euros per inhabitant$19,961 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Denmark was on March of 2024 and it was 0.9%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Denmark, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.948 points in 2021, leaving it in 6th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Denmark are business, you must know it's in the 4th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Denmark, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Copenhagen: Monthly Rainfall
Denmark Economy
Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2023Q415,839K
Annual GDP [+]2023€373,755M
Annual GDP [+]2023$404,141M
GDP per capita [+]2023€62,840
GDP per capita [+]2023$68,121
Quarterly GDP [+]2023Q4€93,970M
Debt (M.€.) [+]2023109,517
Debt ($M) [+]2023118,421
Debt (%GDP) [+]202329.30%
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€18,460
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$19,961
Deficit (M.€) [+]202311,693
Deficit ($M) [+]202312,644
Deficit (%GDP) [+]20233.10%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2023176,271.9
Expenditure ($M) [+]2023190,602.8
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]201820,536.5
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]201824,239.4
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]201813.44%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]202230,279,587,343.4
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]199810,830,348,081.4
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]201716.60%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20225,400.8
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20225,691.8
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20222.93%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202347.20%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€29,712
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$32,128
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2018€3,544
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2018$4,193
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€5,155
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$4,874
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€915
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$969
Moody's Rating [+]02/02/2024Aaa
S&P Rating [+]02/27/2001AAA
Fitch Rating [+]03/20/2020AAA
Corruption Index [+]202290
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201910º
Fragile States Index [+]201819.8
RTI Raking [+]2022110º
Innovation Ranking [+]2018
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]February 20246.6%
Unemployment rate [+]2023Q45.9%
Unemployed [+]2023Q4190K
Average Wage [+]2022$66,268
Average Wage [+]2022€62,933
Human Capital Ranking [+]2017
Markets
Euro / Danish krones [+]04/26/20247.4573
US Dollar exchange rate [+]04/26/20246.9603
10-Year Bond Yield [+]04/25/20242.66%
Risk Premium [+]04/25/20243
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]04/26/202416.18%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]March 20240.9%
HICP [+]March 20240.8%
PPI Year on Year [+]March 2024-6.9%
Money Market
Key rates [+]09/15/20233.75%
Business
Doing Business [+]2020
IPI Year on Year [+]February 20242.7%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 2022148,345
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202230.52
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2021546.03
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202344.2%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/199225.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202255.5%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]201914,573,000
Exports [+]2023€126,154.2M
Exports [+]2023$136,630.6M
Exports % GDP [+]202333.75%
Imports [+]2023€116,539.5M
Imports [+]2023$126,653.0M
Imports % GDP [+]202331.18%
Trade balance [+]2023€9,614.7M
Trade balance [+]2023$9,977.6M
Trade balance % GDP [+]20232.57%
Retail Sales YoY [+]December 2023-4.1%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201511º
Density [+]2022138
Global Peace Ranking [+]2023
Crude divorce rate [+]20212.20‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]20171,344.4
% Immigrant [+]202012.29%
% Emigrant [+]20204.40%
Birth Rate [+]20229.90‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20171,857.4
Crude death rate [+]202210.10‰
Fertility Rate [+]20221.55
Crude marriage rate [+]20214.70‰
% risk of poverty [+]202311.8%
Population [+]20225,932,654
Immigrant stock [+]2020717,574
Emigrant stock [+]2020257,025
HDI [+]20210.948
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202323º
Life expectancy [+]202281.30
Suicides [+]2021553
Suicide rate [+]20219.46
Number of homicides [+]202258
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20220.99
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20224.99
Annual crude oil production [+]202359
Crude Oil Reserves [+]2021441.0
Consumption GWh [+]202233,167
Generation GWh [+]202233,727
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]04/14/20249,653
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]04/14/20243,434,777
Fully vaccinated [+]09/29/20234,712,002
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]04/14/20241,627.10
Doses administered [+]09/29/202314,961,517