Gini index in Denmark
The Gini index for Denmark was 29.9 (0 to 100) in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1987.
Denmark, 2023
29.9
Change from 2022
+0.6points
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023
31.0 (0 to 100)
Gini index in Denmark over time
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Denmark
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Gini index, 0 to 100. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Denmark |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 29.9 (0 to 100) |
| 2022 | 29.3 (0 to 100) |
| 2021 | 28.3 (0 to 100) |
| 2020 | 27.5 (0 to 100) |
| 2019 | 27.7 (0 to 100) |
| 2018 | 28.2 (0 to 100) |
| 2017 | 28.7 (0 to 100) |
| 2016 | 28.2 (0 to 100) |
| 2015 | 28.2 (0 to 100) |
| 2014 | 28.4 (0 to 100) |
| 2013 | 28.5 (0 to 100) |
| 2012 | 27.8 (0 to 100) |
| 2011 | 27.3 (0 to 100) |
| 2010 | 27.2 (0 to 100) |
| 2009 | 26.7 (0 to 100) |
| 2008 | 25.2 (0 to 100) |
| 2007 | 26.2 (0 to 100) |
| 2006 | 25.9 (0 to 100) |
| 2005 | 25.2 (0 to 100) |
| 2004 | 24.9 (0 to 100) |
| 2003 | 25.6 (0 to 100) |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.6 points from 29.3 (0 to 100) in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 28.5 (0 to 100), the figure has changed by +1.4 points.
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Income inequality (Gini)
28.2 (0 to 100)
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Income share held by the richest 10%
25.5%
2023 · World Bank
At-risk-of-poverty rate
11.8%
2025 · Eurostat
Poverty or social exclusion rate
17.9%
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Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
4.12 times
2025 · Eurostat
Severe material and social deprivation
4.5%
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