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Denmark vs United States: GDP per person employed

Denmark
140,396 constant 2021 PPP $
in 2025
United States
156,983 constant 2021 PPP $
in 2025
Denmark rank
12th
United States rank
9th

GDP per person employed over time

  • Denmark
  • United States
050.0k100.0k150.0k199120082025

How they compare

United States currently reports 156,983 constant 2021 PPP $ against 140,396 constant 2021 PPP $ in Denmark, a difference of 16,587 constant 2021 PPP $.

That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was United States ahead.

Globally, Denmark ranks 12th and United States ranks 9th of 177 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
GDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $)
Unit
constant 2021 PPP $
Source
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: Estimates are based on employment, population, GDP, and PPP data obtained from International Labour Organization, United Nations Population Division, Eurostat,
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
224 places, 7,764 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

GDP per person employed is gross domestic product (GDP) divided by total employment in the economy. Purchasing power parity (PPP) GDP is GDP converted to 2021 constant international dollars using PPP rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP that a U.S. dollar has in the United States.