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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	302 673	354 763	400 167^d
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	2.3	-2.4	2.7^d
GDP per capita (current US$)	53 308.2	60 896.8	68 029.5^d
Economy: Agriculture^h,i (% of Gross Value Added)	1.1	1.6	1.3^d
Economy: Industry^h,j (% of Gross Value Added)	23	22.7	22.3^d
Economy: Services and other activity^h,k (% of GVA)	75.9	75.7	76.4^d
Employment in agriculture^l (% of employed)	2.5	2.1	2.1^d
Employment in industry^l (% of employed)	19.4	18.9	19.1^d
Employment in services^l (% employed)	78.1	79	78.8^d
Unemployment (% of labour force)	6.3	5.6	4.9^l
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	56.7 / 66.0	57.8 / 66.4	59.8 / 68.1^l
CPI: Consumer Price Index^m (2010=100)	107	111	126^g
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	103	104^d
International trade: exports (million current US$)	94 619	106 871	136 074^g
International trade: imports (million current US$)	85 327	95 778	126 397^g
International trade: balance (million current US$)	9 291	11 093	9 677^g
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	24 953	28 731	44 195^g

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate^a (average annual %)	0.8	0.3	0.5^b
Urban population (% of total population)	87.5	88^f	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.6ⁿ	...	...
Fertility rate, total^a (live births per woman)	1.7	1.7	1.5^b
Life expectancy at birth^a (females/males, years)	82.7 / 78.8	83.5 / 79.6	84.0 / 80.2^b
Population age distribution^a,o (0-14/60+ years old, %)	16.9 / 24.6	16.3 / 25.9	15.7 / 27.1^b
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	595.9 / 10.5^a	717.6 / 12.4^a	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	27.3	47.6	80.5^g
Under five mortality rate^a (per 1000 live births)	4.1	3.5	3.4^b
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	10.3	10.6	9.5^d
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	3.9	4.4	...
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	7	6.9^f	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^l (f/m per 100 pop.)	100.4 / 101.4	100.2 / 100.7	99.9 / 100.6^d
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^l (f/m per 100 pop.)	118.7 / 118.9	118.6 / 119.9	118.7 / 118.6^d
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio^l (f/m per 100 pop.)	153.2 / 143.7	141.1 / 140.4	140.6 / 143.4^d
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.1	0.8	1^d
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	38	39.7^p	45.2^p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	96.3^q,r	96.5^s	98.8^r,g
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	3.1	3	2.8^t,u
Threatened species (number)	36	77	62^g
Forested area (% of land area)	15.6	15.7	15.7^u
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	31.1 / 5.5	24.5 / 4.2	25.5 / 4.4^u
Energy production, primary^v (Petajoules)	668	385	383^u
Energy supply per capita^v (Gigajoules)	119	110	115^u
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	28 209	16 031^w	31 530^d
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	87.2	87.2	87.2^g
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^x (% of GNI)	0.97	0.96	0.66^d

Footnotes

a		For statistical purposes, the data for Denmark do not include Faroe Islands, and Greenland.
b		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
c		Excluding Faeroe Islands and Greenland shown separately, if available.
d		2022
e		Refers to the Greater Copenhagen Region, consisting of (parts of) 16 municipalities.
f		2019
g		2023
h		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
i		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
j		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
k		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes 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		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
q		Users in the last 3 months.
r		Population aged 16 to 74 years.
s		Population aged 15 to 89 years.
t		Provisional data.
u		2021
v		Excluding the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
w		Break in the time series.
x		Development Assistance Committee member (OECD).