Subjective poverty by sex and age in Denmark
Denmark: Subjective poverty by sex and age was 12.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
12.0%
Change on year
down 6.2%
World rank
25th
of 36 countries
All-time high
13.2%
in 2023
All-time low
8.1%
in 2021
Years of data
16
2010–2025
Subjective poverty by sex and age in Denmark, 2010–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 12.0% for subjective poverty by sex and age in 2025.
That represents a change of down 6.2% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, subjective poverty by sex and age in Denmark peaked at 13.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.1%, in 2021.
That places Denmark 25th out of 36 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.1% | 8.7% | 11.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.8% | 8.1% | 13.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
More poverty & inequality data for Denmark
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.51 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 6,096 (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 43.39 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.003 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 20.28 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0757 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0757 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.0848 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.1102 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is subjective poverty by sex and age in Denmark?
- Subjective poverty by sex and age in Denmark was 12.0% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest subjective poverty by sex and age recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 13.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest subjective poverty by sex and age recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.1% in 2021.
- How does Denmark rank for subjective poverty by sex and age?
- Denmark ranks 25th out of 36 countries with data for 2025.
- Is subjective poverty by sex and age rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. 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 Subjective poverty by sex and age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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