Indicators of economy in Denmark
The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product. So the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2019 was at about 11.429 US Dollar per capita. In contrast, the GDP in Denmark reached 60.170 US dollars per inhabitant, or 350.10 bn US Dollar in the whole country. Denmark is therefore currently ranked 38 of the major economies. If this is calculated per inhabitant taking into account the purchasing power parity, then Denmark is in the list of the world's richest countries in place 13.Inflation in Denmark was in 2019 at around 0.76%. For the the EU, the average of the same was year at 1.63%.
Compared to Germany, the prices of daily necessities are approximately 31.09% higher.
The Corruption Perceptions Index for the public sector counts 88 and is compared to other countries good.
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Unemployment rates in percent 1991 - 2020
Economic performance 2019
Denmark Total | Denmark per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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GDP | 350.10 bn USD | 60,170.34 USD | 15,626.45 tn USD | 30,381.17 USD |
Gross national product | 372.10 bn USD | 63,951.43 USD | 16,026.52 tn USD | 31,158.99 USD |
Denmark ranked 6th in the Bloomberg Innovation Index in 2021. The index is calculated annually and most recently included 60 countries. The front-runner was South Korea. 11 of the 2000 largest listed companies in the world originate from Denmark. This is determined annually in the "Forbes Global 2000" list. The 10 largest companies in the country were in 2020:
Rank 333: Novo Nordisk (Bagsværd)
Rank 398: Danske Bank (Copenhagen)
Rank 573: Orsted (Fredericia)
Rank 622: Møller-Maersk (Copenhagen)
Rank 729: Carlsberg (Copenhagen)
Rank 750: Vestas Wind Systems (Aarhus)
Rank 847: DSV Panalpina (Hedehusene)
Rank 1215: Coloplast (Humlebaek)
Rank 1580: Jyske Bank (Silkeborg)
Rank 1604: Novozymes (Copenhagen)
Development of the Gross domestic product in billion US Dollar 1979 - 2019
Household debt and deficits 2019
Denmark Total | Denmark per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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Gross debt | 116.68 bn USD | 20,052.98 USD | 14,618.72 tn USD | 28,421.93 USD |
Budget deficit | -13.24 bn USD | -2,274.98 USD | 148.52 bn USD | 288.76 USD |
Please note: A negative budget deficit equivalents to a surplus |
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Im- and Exports 2019
Denmark Total | Denmark per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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Imports | 171.74 bn USD | 29,516.71 USD | 8,073.39 bn USD | 15,696.41 USD |
Exports | 194.94 bn USD | 33,503.18 USD | 8,622.21 bn USD | 16,763.44 USD |
Development of imports and exports in billion US dollars 1979 - 2019
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