Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Denmark
Denmark: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 14.9% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Denmark, 1987–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Denmark is 14.9%, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Denmark peaked at 31.2% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 13.3%, in 2020.
That places Denmark 117th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Denmark, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 31.2% | — |
| 1992 | 30.1% | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 26.1% | -13.3% |
| 2000 | 22.4% | -14.2% |
| 2003 | 26.0% | +16.2% |
| 2004 | 23.8% | -8.8% |
| 2005 | 22.2% | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 21.8% | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 19.5% | -10.4% |
| 2008 | 19.6% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 20.6% | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 19.3% | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 19.8% | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 20.1% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 19.4% | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 17.9% | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 17.0% | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 16.7% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 16.6% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 15.2% | -8.7% |
| 2019 | 13.8% | -8.7% |
| 2020 | 13.3% | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 13.5% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 15.4% | +14.6% |
| 2023 | 14.9% | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 31.2% | 31.2% | 31.2% | 1 |
| 1990s | 28.1% | 26.1% | 30.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 22.0% | 19.5% | 26.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 17.6% | 13.8% | 20.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.3% | 13.3% | 15.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
- 114 Iceland 16.6% compare
- 115 Switzerland 15.3% compare
- 116 Austria 15.0% compare
- 118 Netherlands 11.8% compare
- 119 Luxembourg 11.3% compare
- 120 Norway 8.3% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Denmark
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Denmark?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Denmark was 14.9% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 31.2% in 1987.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.3% in 2020.
- How does Denmark rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Denmark ranks 117th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.