Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Denmark
Denmark: Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation was 5,947 Thousand persons in 2025. ▲ Rising
Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Denmark, 2015–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Thousand persons.
Analysis
The most recent figure for material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Denmark is 5,947 Thousand persons, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Denmark peaked at 5,947 Thousand persons in 2025 and was at its lowest, 5,627 Thousand persons, in 2015.
Denmark ranks 21st of 43 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Denmark, year by year
| Year | Thousand persons | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5,627 Thousand persons | — |
| 2016 | 5,658 Thousand persons | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 5,698 Thousand persons | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 5,730 Thousand persons | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 5,755 Thousand persons | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 5,774 Thousand persons | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 5,797 Thousand persons | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 5,829 Thousand persons | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 5,885 Thousand persons | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 5,914 Thousand persons | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 5,947 Thousand persons | +0.6% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 5,947 Thousand persons is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6,444 Thousand persons, 92% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 5,947 Thousand persons is below the median for high income countries, which is 7,634 Thousand persons, 78% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5,694 Thousand persons | 5,627 Thousand persons | 5,755 Thousand persons | 5 |
| 2020s | 5,858 Thousand persons | 5,774 Thousand persons | 5,947 Thousand persons | 6 |
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)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 7.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 43.39 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 43.4% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Denmark?
- Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation in Denmark was 5,947 Thousand persons in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 5,947 Thousand persons in 2025.
- What is the lowest material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,627 Thousand persons in 2015.
- How does Denmark rank for material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation?
- Denmark ranks 21st out of 43 countries with data for 2025.
- Is material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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