Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Denmark
12.4% of people in Denmark lived below the national poverty line in 2021.
Denmark, 2021
12.4%
Change from 2020
+0.1percentage points
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2021
15.2%
Position in 2021
60th of 72
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Denmark over time
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Denmark
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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Denmark |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 12.4% |
| 2020 | 12.3% |
| 2019 | 12.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 12.3% in 2020.
- Since 2019, when it was 12.1%, the figure has changed by +0.3 percentage points.
- Among the 72 countries with data for 2021, Denmark has the 60th highest value.
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All statistics for Denmark
Extreme poverty rate
0.4%
2023 · World Bank
At-risk-of-poverty rate
11.8%
2025 · Eurostat
Poverty or social exclusion rate
17.9%
2025 · Eurostat
Income inequality (Gini)
28.2 (0 to 100)
2025 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
4.12 times
2025 · Eurostat
Severe material and social deprivation
4.5%
2025 · Eurostat