Poverty & Inequality in Denmark 155 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Denmark. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 24.3% 36th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 47.8% 98th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.51 live births per woman 2023 down 9.5% 166th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,096 kg per hectare 2024 down 9.7% 25th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 25.0% 129th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 7.49 % change on previous year 2024 up 8.6% 36th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 43.39 2023 down 5.6% 2nd Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 43.4% 2023 down 5.6% 2nd Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 19.6% 136th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 3.48 % change on previous year 2023 up 360.8% 71st Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 — 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.003 2023 down 92.3% 169th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.3% 2023 down 6.6% 83rd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0757 2023 down 7.6% 207th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0757 2023 down 7.6% 207th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0848 2023 down 8.6% 214th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2023 up 33.3% 84th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2023 unchanged 70th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2023 up 33.3% 99th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.6% 2023 down 25.0% 110th Prosperity gap 0.8 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 unchanged 107th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1102 2023 up 3.5% 169th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2023 unchanged 85th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 7.4% 2023 down 7.5% 121st Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2023 unchanged 106th Population living in slums 0.0% 2022 — 158th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.909 2023 up 2.9% 2nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.909 2023 up 2.9% 2nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.909 2023 up 2.9% 2nd Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.4% 2023 up 33.3% 88th Three metrics of inequality 44.17 2022 up 4.5% 100th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4417 2022 up 4.5% 100th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 909.99 2023 up 7.9% 13th Income share held by second 20% 13.5% 2023 down 2.2% 20th Income share held by third 20% 16.8% 2023 down 2.9% 44th Income share held by fourth 20% 21.4% 2023 down 2.3% 91st Income share held by highest 20% 39.2% 2023 up 3.4% 93rd Income share held by highest 10% 25.5% 2023 up 7.6% 73rd Income share held by lowest 10% 3.6% 2023 unchanged 20th Income share held by lowest 20% 9.1% 2023 unchanged 17th Gini index 29.9 2023 up 4.9% 98th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 6.6% 2023 down 1.5% 111th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 17.85 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 up 11.6% 84th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.3% 2023 up 5.4% 74th At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 11.8% 2025 down 3.3% 41st Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.2359 2022 up 13.5% 108th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 24.5% 2025 down 5.0% 22nd Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2359 2022 up 13.5% 108th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 8.5% 2025 up 13.3% 28th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 45,456 2017 up 7.5% 12th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 17.9% 2025 down 3.8% 29th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 4.5% 2025 up 40.6% 22nd Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 33.3% 2022 up 4.4% 99th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 12.6% 2022 up 5.3% 73rd Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 2.4% 2020 down 11.1% 36th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 15.9% 2020 down 13.1% 37th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 41.5% 2024 down 3.4% 6th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.4% 2023 up 15.5% 87th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.2992 2023 up 4.8% 95th Page 1 of 3 Next →