International Rankings of Denmark 2024, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Denmark, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Denmark, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	8	45.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	53	2.590 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	2	99.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	82	5.841 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	47	12.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	83	711500	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	39	124.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	108	7.288 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	28	3.40 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	84	11.50 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	28	172.408 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	26	185.645 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	23	1.10 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	19	32.465 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	26	504.808 billion US Dollars	2019
Exchange rates	105	6.29	N/A
Exports	32	280.167 billion US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	40	350.037 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	47	54.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	26	25.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	159	48.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	101	47.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	87	20.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	58	0.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	138	1.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	103	22.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	38	75.80 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	117	28 %	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	94	23.40 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2016
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	4	9.00 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	32	235.768 billion US Dollars	2022
Industrial production growth rate	82	5.25 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	140	1.85 %	2021
Labor force	106	3.051 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	129	13 %	2018
Public debt	144	35.30 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	53	353.799 billion US Dollars	2022
Real GDP growth rate	117	3.80 %	2022
Real GDP per capita	17	59900 US Dollars	2022
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	34	82.236 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	20	34.07 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	147	4.80 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	117	10.60 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	121	9.70 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	116	10.10 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	69	3.455 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	73	5.775 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	63	24.621 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	74	33.850 million	2019
Coal - consumption	71	1.249 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	34	194000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	54	1.122 million metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	59	33.081 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - exports	18	12.694 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	14	18.891 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	52	17.655 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	98	1.573 billion kWh	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	5	23.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	142	14.80 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	131	0.10 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	31	4.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	1	57.50 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	43	124.163 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	83	2.188 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - exports	37	1.701 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - imports	49	2.646 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - production	64	1.315 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - proven reserves	64	29.534 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	40	56700 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	47	95200 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	44	441.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	63	165400 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	55	69000 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	40	133700 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	53	109700 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	57	183900 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	69	32 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	108	7 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	151	10 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	32	63	2018
Land use - arable land	3	59	2018
Land use - forest	137	13	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	137	4	2018
Total renewable water resources	147	6.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	99	530.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	90	50.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	77	400.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	137	0.54	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	23	89	2023
Geography
Area - land	132	42434 sq km	N/A
Area - total	136	43094 sq km	N/A
Area - water	116	660 sq km	N/A
Coastline	20	7314 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	178	171 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	38	7 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	147	34 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	73	2360 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	149	141 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	32	63	2018
Land use - arable land	3	59	2018
Land use - forest	137	13	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	137	4	2018
Population Density	88	140.15 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	29	2 % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	43	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	59	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	31	9 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	8	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	122	11.30 births/1,000 population	2023
Current health expenditure	20	11 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	62	60 %	2023
Death rate	32	9.60 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	18	31.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	123	3.10 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	78	57.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	146	25.40 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	22	6 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	84	0.86 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	162	2.50 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	157	3.40 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	161	3.00 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	26	84 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	19	80 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	21	82 years	2023
Maternal mortality ratio	117	5.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	38	43 years	N/A
Median age - male	32	41 years	N/A
Median age - total	30	42 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	15	30	2020
Net migration rate	35	2.70 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	82	19.70 %	2016
Physicians density	20	4.23 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	114	5.947 million	2023
Population growth rate	122	0.44 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	21	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	27	0.86 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.99 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	109	1.77 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	137	0.54	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	23	89	2023
Transportation
Airports	55	99	2024
Heliports	47	25	2024
Merchant marine - total	31	715	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	108	582011	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	53	76.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	18	10	2020
Waterways	88	400 km	2010

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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