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Denmark: Poverty Rate

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

Denmark

Latest value

· 2025

11.80% of people

EU 16.23 · -4.4 pp vs Europe

European ranking

27 / 30

No change compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

6.0M

Country population · 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat At-risk-of-poverty rate TESPM010

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· 2025 · 5 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1

    Hovedstaden

    +8.47

    12.80

  2. 2

    Nordjylland

    +5.08

    12.40

  3. 3

    Midtjylland

    +4.24

    12.30

  4. 4

    Syddanmark

    -6.78

    11.00

  5. 5

    Sjælland

    -22.03

    9.20

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Denmark performs more favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, 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, Poverty risk is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 11.8% versus 16.2% in 2025, with a gap of 4.4 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Denmark, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 12.10% in 2020 to 11.80% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 11.60% in 2024, so the recent reading remains stable.

Regional differences in Denmark

In Denmark, regional values for Poverty risk are relatively close. Across 5 comparable regions, Hovedstaden records the highest value (12.8%) and Sjælland the lowest (9.2%), a gap of 3.6 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Denmark, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability 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.