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General Information

Region		Northern America
Population (000, 2021)		57^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		0.1^a
Capital city		Nuuk
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		18.4^c
Surface area (km2)		2 166 086^b
National currency		Danish Krone (DKK)
Exchange rate (per US$)		6.1^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	2 503	2 499	3 024^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	1.7	-2.5	2.8^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	44 195.9	44 328.6	53 352.6^b
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	13.8	17.6	19.2^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	18.6	17.6	18.1^b
Economy: Services and other activity^h (% of GVA)	67.6	64.9	62.7^b
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	...	4.6^i,j,k	...
Employment in industry (% of employed)	...	12.6^i,j,k	...
Employment in services (% employed)	...	82.5^i,j,k	...
Unemployment (% of labour force)	8.4^l	9.7^i,m,n,o,p	...
International trade: exports (million current US$)	389	406	748^q,d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	847	667	791^q,d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-458	-261	-43^q,d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^s (average annual %)	-0.1	-0.1	0.1^d
Urban population (% of total population)	84.4	86.1	87.1^b
Urban population growth rate^s (average annual %)	0.3	0.3	...
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	6.1 / 10.8	6.0 / 10.7	5.9 / 10.4^d
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	19.4	7.1	5.3^t

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	63	67.6^q	69.5^q,u
Threatened species (number)	14	17	30
Forested area (% of land area)	~0.0	~0.0	~0.0^c
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	1	2	2^q,c
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	186	155	159^q,c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	26.3	29.7	29.7^d

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2018
d		2020
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Includes irrigation canals.
g		Excludes publishing activities.
h		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Nationals, residents.
j		Population aged 15 to 64 years.
k		2011
l		2006
m		Excluding the institutional population.
n		Break in the time series.
o		Population aged 18 to 64 years.
p		2013
q		Estimate.
r		Areas not elsewhere specified.
s		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
t		2016
u		2017