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Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
The Institute's composite reading
Vigilance
3.9 /10 risk
- Security 1.0
- Legitimacy 9.1
- Economy 6.5
- Diplomacy 4.0
- Influence 1.9
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 4 (list of 2026.10.02).
- Capital
- Copenhagen
- Population
- 6,011,488 inh.
- Area
- 43,094 km²
- Currency
- DKK
- Regime
- constitutional monarchy
Executive in office
Head of State
Frédéric X de Danemark
Head of Government
Mette Frederiksen
Government in office 10 members
ministre de l'Intérieur
Pia Olsen Dyhr
ministre des Finances du Danemark
Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen
ministre de la Justice
Nicolai Wammen
ministre danois de l'Éducation
Magnus Heunicke
Minister of Energy, Utilities, and Climate
Samira Nawa
Danish Minister for Senior Citizens
Mette Kierkgaard
Minister for the Environment
Maria Reumert Gjerding
Minister of Digitalisation of Denmark
Christina Egelund
ministre de la Fiscalité du Danemark
Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen
ministre du Commerce du Danemark
Martin Lidegaard
Parliament
Folketing
179 seats
Chair Søren Gade
Inception 1849
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
463 G$
GDP / capita
76,970 $
Growth
2.9 %
Inflation
1.9 %
Unemployment
5.5 %
Defense / GDP
2.4 %
Life expectancy
82.3 yrs
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.91/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
97/100
Corruption (CPI)
89/100
Press freedom (RSF)
88/100
Military posture SIPRI · 2025
Global spending rank
#27
Annual budget
14.1 Md$
Defense effort
3.2 %PIB
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
132 Md$
Imports
124 Md$
Balance
8 Md$
Top exports
- 22.0% Médicaments (Novo Nordisk) 29 Md$
- 11.0% Machines + équipements 15 Md$
Top imports
- 8.0% Voitures + pièces 10 Md$
Export partners
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Allemagne
14.0%
-
Suède
8.0%
-
États-Unis
8.5%
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
87%
-
GBR
93%
-
FRA
96%
-
DEU
96%
-
RUS
14%
-
CHN
22%
Abstention: 8%
Political calendar Institute · Wikipedia · 2026-10-08
Last election
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2026-03-24
Social Democrats 38 seats, Green Left 20, Venstre 18 (of 179) · turnout 84.0%
Result read from Wikipedia on 2026.10.08 (CC BY-SA)
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.962/1
Gini
29.9
Refugees hosted
95,007
Refugees originating
21
National anthem
Der er et yndigt land
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- NATO
- EU
- Schengen Area
- OECD
- WTO
- Council of Europe
- OSCE
- Nordic Council
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 4,691 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 3,956, or ×1.0.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · Banque mondiale Gini 2023 · UNHCR 2025 · SIPRI 2026 (OWID) · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Political calendar · Institute and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)