Manufacturing share of GDP in Denmark
Manufacturing produced 18.7% of GDP in Denmark in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1966.
Denmark, 2025
18.7%
Change from 2024
+0.9percentage points
European Union, 2025
14.3%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
12.1%
Manufacturing share of GDP in Denmark over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Denmark | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18.7% | 14.3% |
| 2024 | 17.9% | 14.3% |
| 2023 | 16.4% | 14.8% |
| 2022 | 12.8% | 14.9% |
| 2021 | 12.6% | 14.7% |
| 2020 | 12.8% | 14.5% |
| 2019 | 13.4% | 14.9% |
| 2018 | 13.0% | 15.1% |
| 2017 | 13.0% | 15.2% |
| 2016 | 12.9% | 15.3% |
| 2015 | 12.5% | 15.2% |
| 2014 | 11.8% | 14.6% |
| 2013 | 11.8% | 14.4% |
| 2012 | 11.2% | 14.5% |
| 2011 | 11.0% | 14.7% |
| 2010 | 10.9% | 14.4% |
| 2009 | 11.2% | 13.8% |
| 2008 | 11.8% | 15.2% |
| 2007 | 12.0% | 15.7% |
| 2006 | 12.1% | 15.7% |
| 2005 | 12.0% | 15.7% |
| 2004 | 12.8% | 16.0% |
| 2003 | 13.2% | 16.2% |
| 2002 | 13.9% | 16.6% |
| 2001 | 14.0% | 17.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 17.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 12.5%, the figure has changed by +6.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 14.3%.
More for Denmark
All statistics for Denmark
Industry share of GDP
24.8%
2025 · World Bank
Medium and high-tech manufacturing
26.6%
2024 · World Bank
Industrial production
129.0 (2021 = 100)
2025 · Eurostat
Enterprise birth rate
7.2%
2024 · Eurostat
Monthly industrial production
6.3%
September 2026 · Eurostat
New businesses registered
25,969 companies
2024 · World Bank