Services, value added in Denmark
Denmark: Services, value added was 62.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Denmark, 1966–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, services, value added in Denmark stood at 62.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Denmark peaked at 66.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 54.0%, in 1966.
That places Denmark 71st out of 205 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 60 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54.6% | 54.0% | 55.1% | 4 |
| 1970s | 59.0% | 56.8% | 60.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 59.6% | 58.3% | 60.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 61.5% | 60.7% | 63.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 62.0% | 60.3% | 65.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.5% | 64.9% | 66.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.9% | 62.7% | 66.6% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Denmark
- DEC alternative conversion factor 6.62 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -37.70 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) -5.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 346.97 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 52.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) 82.81 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) 12.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 523,385 current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 77,190 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 3.15 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Denmark?
- Services, value added in Denmark was 62.7% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 66.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.0% in 1966.
- How does Denmark rank for services, value added?
- Denmark ranks 71st out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.