Danish living standards are among the
highest in the world. A major long-term issue will be the sharp
decline in the ratio of workers to retirees.
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$203.3 billion (2007 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):
$311.9 billion (2007 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
1.7% (2007 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$37,200 (2007 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 1.3%
industry: 25.7%
services: 73% (2007 est.)
Labor force:
2.86 million (2007 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 3%
industry: 21%
services: 76% (2004 est.)
Unemployment rate:
2.8% (2007 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 24% (2000 est.)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
24 (2005)
Investment (gross fixed):
22.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $170.6 billion
expenditures: $156.8 billion (2007 est.)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Public debt:
26% of GDP (2007 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.7% (2007 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
4% (31 December 2007)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
NA
Stock of money:
$148.7 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of quasi money:
$81.64 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$684.7 billion (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
barley, wheat, potatoes, sugar beets; pork, dairy products; fish
Industries:
iron, steel, nonferrous metals, chemicals, food processing,
machinery and transportation equipment, textiles and clothing,
electronics, construction, furniture and other wood products,
shipbuilding and refurbishment, windmills, pharmaceuticals, medical
equipment
Industrial production growth rate:
0.5% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production:
36.99 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
34.68 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports:
11.38 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
10.43 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 82.7%
hydro: 0.1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 17.3% (2001)
Oil - production:
313,800 bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption:
190,600 bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - exports:
320,000 bbl/day (2006)
Oil - imports:
164,000 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - proved reserves:
1.188
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