DenmarkEurope & Central Asia
Denmark: 35th largest economy, 31st in military spending
Bars show the share of states this actor is ahead of. Rank is among states, each at its latest year.
Attacks reported
attack log →≥ 8 events in or near Denmark, last 30 days reported by the sources; the strongest are listed. No source sees every attack.
- 2026-10-30 · Armed clash · Copenhagen, Køavn*, Denmark · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-30 · Armed clash · Copenhagen, Køavn*, Denmark · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-30 · Armed clash · Copenhagen, Køavn*, Denmark · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-27 · Armed clash · Copenhagen, Køavn*, Denmark · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
What Denmark's officials said lately
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- Denmark representative · representative, Denmark · 27 Oct
paraphrase The snapback mechanism was activated in full accordance with resolution 2231 (2015) and sanctions against Iran remain in force due to Iran's persistent refusal to cooperate; Council inability to extend the Panel of Experts mandate last month due to veto reflects unwillingness to face facts.
- Mette Frederiksen · Prime Minister, Denmark · 27 Oct
“solo”
- Mette Frederiksen · Prime Minister, Denmark · 27 Oct
“I'm very sceptical about this Norwegian and Finnish initiative. It hasn't been coordinated with any of the rest of us,”
- Mette Frederiksen · Prime Minister, Denmark · 27 Oct
“I honestly don't know what those two countries think they can achieve with this.”
- Mette Frederiksen · Prime Minister, Denmark · 27 Oct
“I believe we should keep Europe united, rather than going it alone,”
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6M people, 89% in cities
- Population6M2025
- Population growth0.5%2025
- Urban population88.8%2025
- Land area40k km²2023
A $463B economy, $77k per person
- GDP$463B2025
- GDP (purchasing power)$500B2025
- GDP per person$77k2025
- GDP per person (purchasing power)$83.2k2025
- GDP growth2.9%2025
Fuels are 4% of goods exports
- Exports, share of GDP70.1%2025
- Imports, share of GDP59.1%2025
- Fuels, share of goods exports4.0%2025
- Exports of goods and services$324B2025
- Imports of goods and services$273B2025
Fossil fuel output of 53 TWh, more than it uses in gas
- Fossil fuel production (oil + gas + coal)53 TWh2024
- Primary energy consumption196 TWh2024
- Energy use per person32.8 MWh2024
- Electricity generation33 TWh2025
- Electricity from fossil fuels8.8%2025
Spends $10B on its military, 2.4% of GDP
- Military spending$10B2024
- Military spending, share of GDP2.4%2024
- Armed forces personnel15k2020
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$427M2024
- Arms exports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$166M2024
Where these numbers come from
- Bank for International Settlements, central bank policy rates ↗ · BIS statistics, free reuse with attribution · 2026
- World Bank World Development Indicators (military figures: SIPRI) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 1994-2025
- Our World in Data energy dataset (Energy Institute, Ember, EIA) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2016-2025
- IMF World Economic Outlook (DataMapper) ↗ · IMF open data, attribution · 2026
- Wikidata (heads of state and government) ↗ · CC0
Leaders as of 2026-10-05. Figures fetched 2026-10-05; each shows its own year.