Denmark

Country at a glance

Denmark is a northern europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Copenhagen. The country joined the European Communities in 1973 in the first enlargement (alongside Denmark and Ireland from 1973, plus the United Kingdom which left in 2020). Economically, Denmark is a Nordic mixed economy with a treaty opt-out from the euro, strong pharmaceuticals (Novo Nordisk), shipping (Maersk) and wind energy, with the krone pegged to the euro via ERM II. The country retains the DKK under a treaty opt-out from the euro, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. Danish is the official language. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Denmark is currently 16th-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record; 11th by GDP at current prices.

Key insights

How Denmark stands out across the EU-27 on flagship indicators — auto-generated from the latest Eurostat snapshot.

• 🟢GDP per capita €68k — top 3 in EU (EU avg €42k)
• 🟢Public debt 27.9% of GDP — well below the 60% Maastricht threshold
• 🟢At-risk-of-poverty 11.8% — 3rd lowest in EU
• 🟢46.5% of energy from renewables — top 3 in EU (EU avg 25.2%)
• 🟢R&D expenditure 3.0% of GDP — above the EU 3% target (EU avg 2.2%)

Denmark vs EU-27

Flagship indicators alongside the EU-27 average and Denmark's rank across covered member states.

Indicators by topic

Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Denmark, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.

More data on Denmark

This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.

• European Parliament

  MEPs elected from Denmark (current term, 2024–2029).

• Public tenders

  TED notices from Denmark buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.

• EU research grants

  CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from Denmark.

• Cohesion funds

  Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in Denmark.

Sources & methodology

Data on this page comes from Eurostat (403 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.

Last refreshed: 2026-05-18 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API