Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Denmark
Denmark: Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction was 0.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Denmark, 2000–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 0.0% for share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Denmark peaked at 0.1% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2001.
That places Denmark 6th out of 42 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
More poverty & inequality data for Denmark
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.51 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,096 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 43.4% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.003 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.3% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0757 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0757 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0848 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1102 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Denmark?
- Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction in Denmark was 0.0% in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2001.
- How does Denmark rank for share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction?
- Denmark ranks 6th out of 42 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by donor countries (percentage of GNI)