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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	301 759	355 631	407 092^d
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	2.1	-1.8	2.5^d
GDP per capita (current US$)	53 092.0	60 984.0	68 440.0^d
Economy: Agriculture^h,i (% of Gross Value Added)	1	1.5	0.9^d
Economy: Industry^h,j (% of Gross Value Added)	22.6	22.5	26.5^d
Economy: Services and other activity^h,k (% of GVA)	76.4	76	72.7^d
Employment in agriculture^l (% of employed)	2.5	2.1	2^d
Employment in industry^l (% of employed)	19.4	18.9	19.3^d
Employment in services^l (% employed)	78.1	79	78.7^d
Unemployment (% of labour force)	6.3	5.6	5.6^l
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	56.8 / 66.1	57.8 / 66.5	59.7 / 67.7^l
CPI: Consumer Price Index^m (2010=100)	107	111	127^g
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	103	92^d
International trade: exports (million current US$)	94 619	106 871^l	133 702^g
International trade: imports (million current US$)	85 327	95 778^l	123 216^g
International trade: balance (million current US$)	9 291	11 093^l	10 486^g
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	24 002	25 716	55 901^g

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	0.8	0.3	0.4^a
Urban population (% of total population)	87.5	88^f	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.6ⁿ	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	1.7	1.7	1.5^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	82.7 / 78.8	83.5 / 79.6	84.1 / 80.4^a
Population age distribution^b,o (0-14/60+ years old, %)	16.9 / 24.6	16.3 / 25.9	15.6 / 27.6^a
International migrant stock^p,q (000/% of total pop.)	616.7 / 10.9	718.9 / 12.3	847.5 / 14.2^g
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	27.3	47.6	72.8^g
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	4.1	3.5	3.3^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	10.3	10.7	9.4^d
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	6.5	7.1	7.2^r
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^l (f/m per 100 pop.)	100.4 / 101.4	100.2 / 100.7	99.7 / 100.1^d
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^l (f/m per 100 pop.)	118.7 / 118.9	118.6 / 119.9	119.1 / 118.9^d
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio^l (f/m per 100 pop.)	153.2 / 143.7	141.1 / 140.4	133.3 / 136.4^d
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.1	0.8	0.8^d
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	38	39.7^s	43.6^s

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	96.3^t	96.5^u	99.8^v,g
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	3.1	3	2.8^w,r
Threatened species (number)	36	77	110^g
Forested area (% of land area)	15.6	15.7	15.8^x
CO2 emission estimates^y (million tons/tons per capita)	31.1 / 5.5	24.5 / 4.2	25.2 / 4.3^x
Energy production, primary^y (Petajoules)	668	385	397^x
Energy supply per capita^y (Gigajoules)	119	110	110^x
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	28 209	16 031	31 530^x
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	87.2	87.3	87.3^g
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^z (% of GNI)	0.97	0.96	0.57^d

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		For statistical purposes, the data for Denmark do not include Faroe Islands, and Greenland.
c		Excluding Faeroe Islands and Greenland shown separately, if available.
d		2023
e		Refers to the Greater Copenhagen Region, consisting of (parts of) 16 municipalities.
f		2019
g		2024
h		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
i		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
j		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
k		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
l		Estimate.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
n		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
o		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
p		Including refugees.
q		For statistical purposes, the foreign-born population includes persons born in Faroe Islands, and Greenland.
r		2021
s		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
t		Population aged 16 to 74 years.
u		Population aged 15 to 89 years.
v		Population aged 15 to 74 years.
w		Provisional data.
x		2022
y		Excluding the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
z		Development Assistance Committee member (OECD).