Income share held by the richest 10% in Denmark
The richest 10% of people in Denmark received 25.5% of total income or consumption in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1987.
Denmark, 2023
25.5%
Change from 2022
+1.0percentage points
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023
24.6%
Income share held by the richest 10% in Denmark over time
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Denmark
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% of total income or consumption. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Denmark |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 25.5% |
| 2022 | 24.5% |
| 2021 | 23.8% |
| 2020 | 22.9% |
| 2019 | 23.5% |
| 2018 | 23.5% |
| 2017 | 24.0% |
| 2016 | 23.7% |
| 2015 | 23.8% |
| 2014 | 23.6% |
| 2013 | 23.7% |
| 2012 | 23.1% |
| 2011 | 22.7% |
| 2010 | 22.5% |
| 2009 | 21.8% |
| 2008 | 21.0% |
| 2007 | 22.1% |
| 2006 | 21.7% |
| 2005 | 21.0% |
| 2004 | 20.6% |
| 2003 | 21.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 24.5% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 23.7%, the figure has changed by +1.8 percentage points.
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