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Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2020
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	321 995	302 673	355 675^d
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	1.9	2.3	2.4^d
GDP per capita (current US$)	57 966.6	53 206.1	61 833.7^d
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	1.4	1.1	1.2^d
Economy: Industry^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	22.8	23	24.4^d
Economy: Services and other activity^e,g,h (% of GVA)	102.1	107.9	107.5^d
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	2.4	2.5	2.1ⁱ
Employment in industry (% of employed)	19.6	19.3	18.3ⁱ
Employment in services (% employed)	78	78.2	79.6ⁱ
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	7.5	6.2	4.8
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	59.8 / 69.1	57.7 / 66.4	58.2 / 66.2
CPI: Consumer Price Index^j (2010=100)	100	107	110^c
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	101	105	101^k
International trade: exports (million current US$)	96 217	94 619	109 942^c
International trade: imports (million current US$)	82 724	85 327	97 196^c
International trade: balance (million current US$)	13 492	9 291	12 746^c
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	21 051	24 953	27 581^c

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Population growth rate^m (average annual %)	0.5	0.5	0.4
Urban population (% of total population)	86.8	87.5	88^c
Urban population growth rate^m (average annual %)	0.7	0.6	...
Fertility rate, total^m (live births per woman)	1.9	1.7	1.8
Life expectancy at birth^m (females/males, years)	80.8 / 76.4	82.2 / 78.1	82.7 / 78.7
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	17.9 / 23.3	16.8 / 24.8	16.3 / 26.1
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	500.8 / 9.0	595.9 / 10.5	722.9 / 12.5^c
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	24.5ⁿ	27.3	47.4^c
Infant mortality rate^m (per 1 000 live births)	3.7	3.5	3.1
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	10.3	10.2	10.1^a
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	3.7	3.9	4^k
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	8.6	7.6^o	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	99.7 / 99.5	100.8 / 102.1	100.9 / 101.6^a
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	120.0 / 119.0	133.4 / 127.3	129.8 / 128.4^a
Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	87.4 / 60.4	96.3 / 68.7	93.6 / 68.4^a
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.8	1.1	1^d
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	38	38	39.7^p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	88.7^q	96.3^q	97.3^d
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	2.9	3.1	3.1^r,d
Threatened species (number)	33	36	77
Forested area (% of land area)	13.8	15.3	15.3^i,a
CO2 emission estimates^s (million tons/tons per capita)	47.3 / 8.5	31.9 / 5.6	31.3 / 5.4^a
Energy production, primary^s (Petajoules)	977	668	655^a
Energy supply per capita^s (Gigajoules)	147	118	126^a
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	9 425	10 424^t	12 749^d
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	86.2	86.2	86.2^c
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^u (% of GNI)	0.91	0.85	0.74^a

Footnotes

a		2017
b		Refers to the Greater Copenhagen Region, consisting of (parts of) 16 municipalities.
c		2019
d		2018
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
f		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation and canals.
g		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
h		Excludes computer and related activities and radio/TV activities.
i		Estimate.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
k		2016
l		Undisclosed (Special categories).
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Data as at the end of December.
o		2014
p		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
q		Population aged 16 to 74 years.
r		Provisional data.
s		Excluding the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
t		Break in the time series.
u		Development Assistance Committee member (OECD).