Gender in Denmark 257 indicators covering gender for Denmark. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Can a Woman Travel Outside the Country in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Travel Outside Her Home in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Choose Where to Live in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Apply For a Passport in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Mobility Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Work in a Job Deemed Dangerous in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Work in An Industrial Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Work at Night in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Does the Law Mandate Equal Remuneration For Work of Equal Value? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pay Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Obtain a Judgment of Divorce in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Be Head of Household in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is There No Legal Provision That Requires a Married Woman to Obey Her 1 2023 unchanged 1st Does a Woman Have the Same Rights to Remarry as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is There Legislation Specifically Addressing Domestic Violence? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Marriage Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st Are Periods of Absence Due to Childcare Accounted For in Pension 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is the Mandatory Retirement Age For Men and Women the Same? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Partial Pension 1 2023 unchanged 1st Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Full Pension 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pension Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st Can a Woman Get a Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Workplace Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index 100 2023 unchanged 1st Women Business and the Law Index 100 2023 unchanged 1st Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 94.5% 2025 up 11.4% 137th Share of female employment by economic sector 0.7% 2025 down 26.6% 166th Maternal Mortality Ratio, Modeled Estimate 4 2023 down 20.0% 173rd Prevalence rate of hypertension in men aged 30-79 43.3 2019 down 10.4% 49th Prevalence rate of hypertension in women aged 30-79 28.6 2019 down 15.9% 161st Total Fertility Rate 1.55 2022 down 10.4% 145th Tertiary Gross Enrollment Rate 78.96 2024 down 2.9% 32nd Women have the same rights to remarry as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 19.44 years 2018 up 11.4% 9th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 18.17 years 2018 up 13.1% 10th Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 33.3% 2025 up 26.7% 40th Women of reproductive age 1.28 million 2023 up 1.6% 117th Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern 87.6% 2026 up 0.7% 14th Share of people who don't drink alcohol, men vs women 6.3% 2020 down 11.8% 172nd Number of seats held by women in national parliaments 79 2026 up 17.9% 45th Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 44.1% 2026 up 17.9% 18th Share of women in ministerial positions 30.4% 2024 down 33.1% 60th Share of women in parliament 43.6% 2025 up 16.4% 19th Preprimary Gross Enrollment Rate 103.2 2020 up 3.2% 17th Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 3.3% 2016 up 17.5% 179th Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 6.3% 2016 up 9.1% 177th Proportion of Seats Held By Women in National Parliaments 45.25 2024 up 15.7% 13th Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament 0.87 ratio 2026 up 11.5% 14th Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) 93.0% 2025 up 9.9% 123rd Access to justice women row, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Share of pregnant women who have anemia 16.9% 2023 down 4.0% 164th Number of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia 218.2 2023 up 31.8% 126th Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia 17.0% 2023 up 28.8% 169th Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia, pregnant 16.9% 2023 down 4.0% 178th Proportion of women aged 15-49 years with anaemia, non-pregnant 17.0% 2023 up 29.8% 169th Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15-49 17 2023 up 28.8% 157th Gender Development Index 0.981 2022 up 0.2% 67th Proportion of women in managerial positions - 13th ICLS 28.1% 2024 up 8.2% 108th Access to anti-retroviral drugs, female 91.0% 2023 up 28.2% 25th Access to anti-retroviral drugs, male 93.0% 2023 up 25.7% 7th ← Previous Page 3 of 5 Next →