EU 20.40
· European ranking
21 / 30
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Denmark: Poverty & Social Exclusion Risk
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
17.90% of people
EU 20.40 · -2.5 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people experiencing at least one of three conditions: risk of poverty after social transfers, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity. People meeting more than one condition are counted only once.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion ILC_PEPS11N
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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+8.38
19.40
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2+5.59
18.90
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3-1.12
17.70
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4-7.26
16.60
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5-19.55
14.40
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Denmark performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, 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 or exclusion is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 17.9% versus 20.4% in 2025, with a gap of 2.5 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Denmark, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 16.80% in 2020 to 17.90% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 18.00% in 2024, so the recent reading remains stable.
Regional differences in Denmark
In Denmark, regional values for Poverty or exclusion are relatively close. Across 5 comparable regions, Midtjylland records the highest value (19.4%) and Sjælland the lowest (14.4%), a gap of 5 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.