EU 4.73
· European ranking
21 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Denmark: Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
4.12 Ratio
EU 4.73 · -0.6 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the ratio between the total equivalised disposable income received by the highest-income 20% of the population and that received by the lowest-income 20%. A ratio of 5 means the top fifth receives five times as much income as the bottom fifth.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 ilc_di11
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Regional map
· 2025 · 5 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+23.79
5.10
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2+16.50
4.80
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3-7.77
3.80
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4-12.62
3.60
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5-24.76
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.