Government debt in Denmark
Government debt in Denmark was equal to 27.2% of GDP at the end of 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Denmark, 2025
27.2%
Change from 2024
−2.7percentage points
European Union, 2025
81.5%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
58.9%
Position in 2025
25th of 27
Government debt in Denmark over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Denmark | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27.2% | 81.5% |
| 2024 | 29.9% | 80.3% |
| 2023 | 33.0% | 80.3% |
| 2022 | 33.4% | 82.3% |
| 2021 | 39.6% | 86.6% |
| 2020 | 45.2% | 89.4% |
| 2019 | 38.3% | 77.4% |
| 2018 | 38.5% | 79.4% |
| 2017 | 40.2% | 81.5% |
| 2016 | 41.7% | 84.0% |
| 2015 | 44.6% | 85.0% |
| 2014 | 48.7% | 86.9% |
| 2013 | 47.8% | 86.8% |
| 2012 | 48.7% | 85.0% |
| 2011 | 50.0% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | 46.1% | 80.4% |
| 2009 | 43.0% | 75.7% |
| 2008 | 35.5% | 65.1% |
| 2007 | 29.5% | 62.4% |
| 2006 | 33.2% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 39.4% | 67.2% |
| 2004 | 46.2% | 67.1% |
| 2003 | 48.2% | 66.8% |
| 2002 | 50.3% | 65.6% |
| 2001 | 50.1% | 65.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.7 percentage points from 29.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 44.6%, the figure has changed by −17.4 percentage points.
- Among the 27 countries with data for 2025, Denmark has the 25th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 81.5%.