Poverty & Inequality in Denmark 155 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Denmark. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 21,363 people 2023 up 22.4% 90th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.4% 2023 up 15.5% 87th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.4% 2023 up 15.5% 87th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.4% 2023 up 15.5% 87th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 5.91 million people 2023 up 6.2% 58th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 0.4% 2023 up 15.5% 87th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 0.4% 2023 up 15.5% 87th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 5.06 million people 2023 up 11.8% 28th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 6.2% 2023 down 23.5% 116th Share of population living in extreme poverty 0.4% 2023 up 15.5% 87th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 0.6% 2023 down 18.3% 106th Number of people living in extreme poverty 5.93 million people 2023 up 5.9% 84th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 21,363 people 2023 up 22.4% 90th Number of people living in extreme poverty 21,363 people 2023 up 22.4% 90th Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 0.6% 2023 down 18.3% 106th The share and number of people living in extreme poverty 0.4% 2023 up 15.5% 87th Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 2.9% 2023 down 12.8% 103rd Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 6.6% 2023 down 2.5% 108th Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 11.0% 2023 down 8.2% 112th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day 14.9% 2023 down 23.0% 117th Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time 0.4% 2023 up 15.5% 87th Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty 0.4% 2023 up 15.5% 98th Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China 0.4% 2023 up 15.5% 87th Share of the population in poverty vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.6% 2023 down 32.7% 108th Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data 21,363 people 2023 up 22.4% 90th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 5.06 million people 2023 up 11.8% 28th Gini coefficient 0.2992 2023 up 4.8% 95th Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate 0.4% 2023 up 15.5% 85th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 0.8% 2023 down 50.0% 43rd Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2881 2022 up 14.8% 36th Gini coefficient (after tax) 0.2881 2022 up 14.8% 36th Distribution of population between different poverty lines (2011 prices) 5.83 million people 2021 up 5.9% 53rd Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) 0.2% 2021 — 90th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 11.3% 2021 down 31.4% 114th Share of population living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.2% 2021 — 90th Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 9,001 people 2021 — 88th Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.2% 2021 — 102nd Share of population living on less than the upper-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.2% 2021 down 62.0% 110th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices) 0.2% 2021 — 92nd Reduction in income inequality before and after tax 37.5% 2022 down 12.8% 12th Reduction in income inequality before and after tax among total vs. working age population 29.8% 2022 down 19.6% 8th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 31.6% 2025 down 9.7% 25th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 15.1% 2025 down 17.0% 25th Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and 27.0% 2025 down 31.3% 16th Gender differences in the at-risk-of-poverty rate by age -1.8 Number 2025 down 154.2% 32nd In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract 3.0% 2025 down 16.7% 41st In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked 13.4% 2025 up 32.7% 34th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by full-/part-time work 11.3% 2025 up 48.7% 33rd Tenure status by level of disability (activity limitation) and 56.3% 2025 down 7.7% 44th Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP 1.9% 2025 up 171.4% 35th Persons at risk of poverty by level of disability (activity) 24.9% 2025 down 25.2% 8th Persons at risk of poverty before social transfers (pensions included) 41.6% 2025 down 19.5% 3rd In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) 15.9% 2025 down 5.9% 5th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex 6.9% 2025 down 58.2% 30th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.025 2024 down 61.1% 8th At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2008) by 8.4% 2025 down 22.2% 18th Subjective poverty by sex and age 12.0% 2025 up 15.4% 31st Subjective poverty by tenure status 11.8% 2025 up 13.5% 31st Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction 0.0% 2024 down 50.0% 5th Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality 73.9% 2022 down 1.4% 1st ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →