Social Development in Denmark

173 indicators covering social development for Denmark.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 10 2018 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 49 2025 up 226.7% 168th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 209.0% 179th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 113.1% 185th
Political Rights Score 40 2025 unchanged 1st
Freedom Score 97 2025 down 1.0% 6th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 2,738 2025 down 6.6% 85th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0005 units per person 2025 down 11.6% 70th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 39.1% 116th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate 63.33 % change on previous year 2025 up 26.7% 6th
Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 20 2018 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 4.19 % change on previous year 2025 up 113.4% 67th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.98 2025 down 0.2% 2nd
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.97 2025 unchanged 19th
Political Corruption Index 0.004 2025 up 100.0% 176th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.004 2025 up 100.0% 176th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.32 2024 down 7.6% 42nd
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 56th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0004 units per square kilometre 2023 up 220.0% 182nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0589 units per square kilometre 2023 up 46.8% 53rd
LGBT+ Rights Index 9.92 2019 up 40.3% 13th
Forcibly displaced people 97,745 2025 up 223.2% 81st
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st
Age of electoral democracy 81 years 2025 up 14.1% 9th
Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Corruption Perceptions Index 90 2024 down 2.2% 1st
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 9.53 2024 down 7.5% 45th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 9.04 2024 down 4.9% 29th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.8245 2024 down 19.5% 73rd
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.3268 2024 down 49.3% 179th
Self-reported life satisfaction 7.54 2025 up 0.2% 3rd
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 7.54 2025 up 0.2% 3rd
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 37.3% 2024 up 0.9% 98th
Homicide rate 0.8406 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 1.7% 141st
Homicides 50 homicides 2023 up 4.2% 115th
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 0.8406 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 1.7% 141st
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 0.8406 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 1.7% 140th
Age of electoral democracy 80 years 2025 up 14.3% 12th
States involved in interstate conflicts 1 2014 1st
Citizen support for democracy 2.35 2020 down 9.2% 3rd
Homicides 39 deaths 2022 up 116.7% 72nd
Child homicide rate 0.3869 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 418.7% 54th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy 3.03 2020 up 13.7% 1st
Homicide rate 0.6684 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 107.5% 80th
Homicide rate by age of the victim 0.6684 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 107.5% 80th
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Homicides 71.2 deaths 2021 up 53.5% 135th
Homicide rate 1.22 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 47.0% 154th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 1.22 2021 up 46.3% 148th
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 635,000 2030 down 27.8% 99th
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 8.72 2030 down 7.8% 50th