al stability,
the Danish people enjoy living standards topped by no other nation.
A major long-term issue will be the sharp decline in the ratio of
workers to retirees.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$198.5 billion (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
$256.3 billion (2006 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
3% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$37,000 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 1.4%
industry: 24.6%
services: 74% (2006 est.)

Labor force:
2.91 million (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 3%
industry: 21%
services: 76% (2004 est.)

Unemployment rate:
4.5% (2006 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:
23.2 (2002)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.8% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
22.2% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $147 billion
expenditures: $138.9 billion; including capital expenditures of $4.6
billion (2006 est.)

Public debt:
28.6% of GDP (2006 est.)

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:
2.5% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
38.02 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 82.7%
hydro: 0.1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 17.3% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
32.56 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
11.5 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
8.7 billion kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
391,400 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - consumption:
185,300 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
332,100 bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
195,000 bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
1.23 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Natural gas - production:
9.43 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
5.171 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
4.099 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
99.99 billion c