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Denmark: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Country: Denmark Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 Year: 2025

Country overview

Denmark

Current reading for Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Latest value

4.10 Ratio

European ranking

21 / 30

No change from the previous year

Compared with Europe

-0.4 puntos

Denmark is 0.4 points below the European average.

EU: 4.53

Affected population

6.0M

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 4.12 Ratio Europe benchmark: 4.73 Ratio

Internal regions

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Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Nordjylland

    +24.40

    5.10

  2. 2

    Hovedstaden

    +17.10

    4.80

  3. 3

    Midtjylland

    -7.30

    3.80

  4. 4

    Syddanmark

    -12.20

    3.60

  5. 5

    Sjælland

    -24.40

    3.10

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Denmark performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Denmark

In Denmark, S80/S20 ratio is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 4.12 versus 4.73 in 2025, with a gap of 0.61 in the ratio.

Recent trend

In Denmark, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 4.00 in 2020 to 4.12 in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 4.16 in 2024, so the recent reading remains stable.

Regional differences in Denmark

In Denmark, regional values for S80/S20 ratio are relatively close. Across 5 comparable regions, Nordjylland records the highest value (5.1) and Sjælland the lowest (3.1), a gap of 2 in the ratio.

Reading within the topic

In Denmark, the evidence for Income & Purchasing Power leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.