Poverty & Inequality in Denmark

155 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Denmark.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty 18.0% 2024 up 0.6% 30th
Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 8.5% 2025 up 10.4% 30th
Material and social deprivation rate by tenure status 8.4% 2025 up 9.1% 30th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by level of disability 30.5% 2025 down 22.8% 9th
Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability 4.5% 2025 up 7.1% 17th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex 1,065 Thousand persons 2025 up 1.9% 24th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2764 2022 up 11.1% 31st
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population 0.2766 2022 up 11.0% 31st
Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation 5,947 Thousand persons 2025 up 5.7% 21st
Mean number of deprivation items among the deprived 8.1 Average 2025 down 1.2% 27th
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age and a risk of 2.6% 2025 up 116.7% 22nd
Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 6.0% 2025 up 36.4% 34th
Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 6.0% 2025 up 36.4% 34th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status 1,058 Thousand persons 2025 up 1.2% 22nd
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty 2.6% 2025 up 116.7% 22nd
Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and risk of 8.3% 2025 down 15.3% 11th
Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age 3.7% 2025 up 68.2% 8th
Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status 4.5% 2025 up 40.6% 22nd
Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 263 Thousand persons 2025 up 45.3% 22nd
Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions 18.0% 2024 up 0.6% 28th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion - EU2030 target 1,065 Thousand persons 2025 up 1.9% 21st
Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item 91.6% 2020 up 0.3% 28th
Material and social deprivation rate by age, sex and most frequent 12.9% 2025 up 25.2% 11th
Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex 138 Thousand persons 2020 down 4.8% 33rd
Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 0.2% 2015 unchanged 51st
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3% 2022 up 12.0% 24th
Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status 2.4% 2020 down 11.1% 38th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 15.9% 2020 down 13.1% 39th
At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2019) by 11.5% 2025 down 8.0% 18th
Severe material and social deprivation by age, sex and most frequent 0 Thousand persons 2025 down 100.0% 15th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex - EU 32 Cumulative difference from 2008, in thousands 2020 down 73.3% 13th
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio 15.9% 2020 down 13.1% 35th
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, female 16.2% 2020 down 14.7% 30th
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, male 15.6% 2020 down 11.9% 31st
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, children 12.7% 2020 down 15.9% 35th