Subjective poverty by tenure status in Denmark
Denmark: Subjective poverty by tenure status was 11.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
11.8%
Change on year
down 7.8%
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 tenure status in Denmark, 2010–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, subjective poverty by tenure status in Denmark stood at 11.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.8% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, subjective poverty by tenure status in Denmark peaked at 13.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.1%, in 2021.
Denmark ranks 25th of 36 countries on this measure, 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
- 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 subjective poverty by tenure status in Denmark?
- Subjective poverty by tenure status in Denmark was 11.8% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 13.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.1% in 2021.
- How does Denmark rank for subjective poverty by tenure status?
- Denmark ranks 25th out of 36 countries with data for 2025.
- Is subjective poverty by tenure status rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. 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 tenure status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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