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Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	321 995	302 673	350 104^d
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	1.9	2.3	2.8^d
GDP per capita (current US$)	57 966.6	53 206.1	60 656.9^d
Economy: Agriculture^g (% of Gross Value Added)	1.4	1.1	1.5^d
Economy: Industry^h,i (% of Gross Value Added)	22.8	23	24.2^d
Economy: Services and other activity^j (% of GVA)	75.8	75.9	74.3^d
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	2.4	2.5	2.1^k,f
Employment in industry (% of employed)	19.6	19.3	18.3^k,f
Employment in services (% employed)	78	78.2	79.6^k,f
Unemployment^k (% of labour force)	7.5	6.2	4.8^f
Labour force participation rate^k (female/male pop. %)	59.8 / 69.1	57.7 / 66.4	58.2 / 66.2^f
CPI: Consumer Price Index^l (2010=100)	100	107	111^f
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	97	101	101^d
International trade: exports (million current US$)	96 217	94 619	107 224^f
International trade: imports (million current US$)	82 724	85 327	96 791^f
International trade: balance (million current US$)	13 492	9 291	10 433^f
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	21 051	24 953	26 023^f

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^b,n (average annual %)	0.5	0.5	0.4^f
Urban population (% of total population)	86.8	87.5	88^d
Urban population growth rateⁿ (average annual %)	0.7	0.6	...
Fertility rate, total^b,n (live births per woman)	1.9	1.7	1.8^f
Life expectancy at birth^b,n (females/males, years)	80.8 / 76.4	82.2 / 78.1	82.7 / 78.7^f
Population age distribution^b (0-14/60+ years old, %)	17.9 / 23.3	16.8 / 24.8	16.3 / 26.4^a
International migrant stock^b (000/% of total pop.)	500.8 / 9.0	595.9 / 10.5	717.6 / 12.4^f
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	24.5^o	27.3	47.6^f
Infant mortality rate^b,n (per 1 000 live births)	3.7	3.5	3.1^f
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	10.3	10.2	10.1^p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	3.7	3.9	4.2^p
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	8.6	7.6^q	7.8^r
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	99.7 / 99.5	100.8 / 102.1	100.5 / 100.6^p
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	120.0 / 119.0	133.4 / 127.3	129.7 / 129.8^p
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	121.8 / 121.5	148.1 / 137.6	139.3 / 136.9^p
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.8	1.1	1^p
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	38	38	39.7^s

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	88.7^t	96.3^u	98^d
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	2.9	3.1	3^v,p
Threatened species (number)	33	36	82
Forested area (% of land area)	13.8	15.6	15.7^p
CO2 emission estimates^w (million tons/tons per capita)	47.3 / 8.5	32.5 / 5.7	28.7 / 4.9^d
Energy production, primary^w (Petajoules)	974	667	577^p
Energy supply per capita^w (Gigajoules)	147	119	124^p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	8 744	10 424	13 285^d
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	88.8	88.8	88.8^f
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^x (% of GNI)	0.91	0.85	0.74^r

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (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		2019
e		Refers to the Greater Copenhagen Region, consisting of (parts of) 16 municipalities.
f		2020
g		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Includes irrigation canals.
i		Excludes publishing activities.
j		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
k		Estimate.
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
m		Undisclosed (Special categories).
n		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
o		Data as at the end of December.
p		2018
q		2014
r		2017
s		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
t		Population aged 16 to 74 years.
u		Users in the last 3 months.
v		Provisional data.
w		Excluding the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
x		Development Assistance Committee member (OECD).