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An overview of the Danish economy

Combining the selection of indicators presented below provides a general view of the state of the Danish economy. What is the growth rate of the economy and how is it going with government finances and inflation? What is the situation of the labour market and the housing market? What expectations do economic operators have for the future and what is the outlook for the green targets? Dive into the numbers by clicking the graphs., Danish economy here and now, Consumer expectations, i,   , -18.7, Sep/25, Information, ×, Consumer expectations of the economic situation of not only themselves but also Denmark as a whole, now and in one year , Consumer price index, i,   , 2.0, % Aug/25, Information, ×, Percentage change in the consumer price index total against the same month the preceding year , Core inflation, i,   , 2.3, % Aug/25, Information, ×, Percentage change in the consumer price index excl. energy and unprocessed foodstuff against the same month the preceding year , Retail trade index, i,   , 98.0, Aug/25, Information, ×, Index, 2021=100, quantity indicies seasonally adjusted , Business sentiment indicator, i,   , 103.5, Sep/25, Information, ×, Index=100 calculated as the average for the period 1998 - 2024 , Industrial production index, i,   , 128.4, Aug/25, Information, ×, Index, 2021=100, seasonally adjusted , Bankruptcies, i,   , 202, Aug/25, Information, ×, Bankruptcies in active companies, seasonally adjusted , Persons in employment, i,   , 3,060,821, Jul/25, Information, ×, Total number of employees in the business sector, seasonally adjusted , Unemployed, i,   , 87,982, Aug/25, Information, ×, Most recent number of unemployed persons from either the unemployment indicator or the gross unemployment. Seasonally adjusted, full-time persons , Other indicators, Economic growth (GDP), i,   , 1.0, % Q2/25, Information, ×, Real growth in per cent against the preceding period, seasonally adjusted , Government surplus/deficit (% of GDP), i,   , 4.5, % 2024, Information, ×, Government EMU surplus or deficit as per cent of GDP , Government debt (% of GDP), i,   , 31.1, % 2024, Information, ×, Government EMU debt as per cent of GDP , Exports, i,   , 180,685, mio. kr. Jul/25, Information, ×, Current account revenue in million DKK from goods and services, seasonally adjusted , Balance of payments surplus, i,   , 35,579, mio. kr. Jul/25, Information, ×, Current account net revenue in million DKK, seasonally adjusted , Price development of single-family houses, i,   , 4.9, % Q2/25, Information, ×, Percentage change in the price index against the same quarter the preceding year, seasonally adjusted , Share index, i,   , 1,254, Aug/25, Information, ×, Index 1995=100 for shares in total on OMXC , Development in single-family house sales, i,   , 6.2, % Q2/25, Information, ×, Percentage change in number of sales against the same quarter the preceding year, seasonally adjusted , Price development of owner-occupied flats in Copenhagen, i,   , 14.6, % Q2/25, Information, ×, Percentage change in the price index against the same quarter the preceding year for owner-occupied flats in the city of Copenhagen, seasonally adjusted , Interest rates, i,   , 2.70, % Aug/25, Information, ×, Average bond yield for all listed bond series (government and mortgage bonds, etc.) , Greenhouse gas emissions, i,   , 38,785, 1.000 ton 2023, Information, ×, The emission of greenhouse gases stated in 1000 tonnes from Danish territory, incl. LULUCF and excl. CO2 from biomass , Share of renewable energy, i,   , 48.4, % 2024, Information, ×, Renewable energy share in per cent of total final energy consumption ,  

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/temaer/overblik-dansk-oekonomi

Documentation of statistics: Waste Accounts

Contact info, National Accounts, Climate and Environment, Economic Statistics , Maria Skytte Christiansen , +45 24 25 42 07 , MCR@dst.dk , Get documentation of statistics as pdf, Waste Accounts 2023 , Previous versions, Waste Accounts 2022, Waste Accounts 2021, Waste Accounts 2020, Waste Accounts 2019, Waste Accounts 2018, Waste Accounts 2017, Waste Accounts 2016, Waste Accounts 2015, Waste Accounts 2014, Waste Accounts 2013, Documents associated with the documentation, affaldsfraktioner_oversigt_ny3 (pdf) (in Danish only), The purpose of the Waste Accounts is to provide insight into how much waste is generated in different parts of the economy, what types of waste exist, and how it is treated. The accounts also include imports and exports of waste. The Waste Accounts have been published since 2015, based on data from the Danish Environmental Protection Agency. The Waste Accounts is a part of the Environmental-Economic Accounts for Denmark (Green National Accounts)., Statistical presentation, Waste accounts measure the amounts of generated waste distributed to 117 industry groups. Within the industry groups, waste is distributed according to categories and forms of treatment. Imports and exports of waste are distributed according to form of treatment and waste category. The waste accounts are published annually and disseminated through a press release and tables in the StatBank., Municipal waste by municipality, treatment form and waste type is compiled for the first time in 2023., Read more about statistical presentation, Statistical processing, Waste data are validated in the Danish Environmental Protection Agency before Statistics Denmark receives them. The data processing in Statistics Denmark primarily concerns the detailed and complete distribution of the waste to the 117 industry groups of the Green National Accounts., Read more about statistical processing, Relevance, Waste accounts are of relevance for administrative bodies, researchers, NGOs, businesses, the educational sector and individuals - all with interests in waste, resources, economic-environmental interactions, the circular economy etc. To ensure international comparability, the waste accounts are prepared according to the UN statistical standard SEEA (System of Environmental Economic Accounting) 2012., Read more about relevance, Accuracy and reliability, The quality is good concerning the figures for total amounts of waste as well as the amounts for different forms of treatment. However, the distribution by waste fractions become more uncertain at more detailed levels, due to measurement errors (in the reporting)., The detailed distribution according to industry groups is subject to uncertainty, both in the source (ADS) and in the assumptions made in the distribution of waste to detailed industry groups. , Waste by individual municipalities is less precise than totals for the municipality groups due to waste from one municipality being treated at a facility in a different municipality, or waste stations being used by inhabitants of several different municipalities etc., Read more about accuracy and reliability, Timeliness and punctuality, The statistics are published 21 months after the end of the reference period. The long production time is due to the dependency on data from the Danish Environmental Protection Agency. The statistics are normally released on schedule without delay., Read more about timeliness and punctuality, Comparability, The methods and data sources for the Waste Accounts are unchanged throughout the period covered by published figures. International comparison is possible with all other waste accounts based on UN's statistical standard SEEA 2012., Read more about comparability, Accessibility and clarity, These statistics are published yearly in a Danish press release and in the StatBank under , Waste Accounts, ., Read more about accessibility and clarity

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/documentationofstatistics/waste-accounts

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Documentation of statistics: Church Statistics

Contact info, Population and Education , Dorthe Larsen , +45 23 49 83 26 , DLA@dst.dk , Get documentation of statistics as pdf, Church Statistics 2017 , Previous versions, Church Statistics 2016, Church Statistics 2014, The statistics cover the people’s relation to the national church. Furthermore it accounts for the number of different religious ceremonies, among other baptisms, confirmations and funerals., The production of statistics on the national church was introduced in 1974. There have not been produced statistics on the national church for the years 2003-2006. For the years 1984-2002 statistics on recognized religious communities, their members and religious ceremonies corresponding to the religious ceremonies of the national church was also produced. , Statistical presentation, The statistics is produced for parishes, deaneries and dioceses., The basis for the statistics is partly data from the Central Population Register (CPR) and partly data on religious ceremonies reported from each parish. The data on religious ceremonies is received from the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs., The statistics based on data from CPR concerns the number of members of the National Church, registrations and resignations as well as births and deaths., The statistics based on data from the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs concerns baptism, confirmations, funerals, persons presented to the church, number of banns and religious blessings., Read more about statistical presentation, Statistical processing, Daily deliveries from the Central Population Register (CPR) and yearly delivery from the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs is basis for the statistics., Data is not checked for errors., Read more about statistical processing, Relevance, The Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs, interest groups within the ecclesiastical area and the media are using the statistics for public and private planning and as input to the public debate., Read more about relevance, Accuracy and reliability, The statistics are based on the Central Population Register (CPR). The quality of the data is very high., The the data from the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs is also considered to be of high quality. , Read more about accuracy and reliability, Timeliness and punctuality, The statistics concerning the National Church is published app. 45 days after the end of the year., Read more about timeliness and punctuality, Comparability, The statistics on the National Church has been produced since 1974. Until 1984 the statistics were exclusively based on data from the the Central Personal Register (CPR) while the statistics for the years 1984-2002 have been supplemented with a survey on the recognized religious communities. In this period the statistics is comparable. For certain main figures comparable time series from 1980 were disseminated., Read more about comparability, Accessibility and clarity, These statistics are published annually in a Danish press release and are presented in the , Statistical Yearbook, . In the Statbank these statistics can be found under the subjects , Members of the National Church, and , Religious ceremonies, . For further information go to the subject pages for , Members of the National Church, and , Religious ceremonies, ., Read more about accessibility and clarity

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/documentationofstatistics/church-statistics

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Publication: The business sector and the sustainable development goals - Denmark and neighbouring countries 2021

In this publication the development of the Business sector in relation to selected SDG-goals in Denmark and 7 neighbouring countries are shown. Existing statistics in Eurostat, The European Union Statistical office, are used in the analyses. The developments on economic, environmental and social issues are followed for 14 groups of industries across country., Positive developments in all 8 countries in relation to the SDGs – only minor change, however, as regards gender equality in occupation and earnings, The results, mainly from 2010 to 2019, shows a positive trend in the Business sector in the contribution to fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals. In particular, this is the case in relation to emission of climate gasses, where all countries show improvement in the relation between emission and value added. This has, however, also been caused by domestic or European policies on the matter., Connected to the comparisons of the development in the indicators across country, also the differences in business structure are presented together with the actual size of indicators in 2010. The baseline and the room for change is necessary knowledge when assessing the development since. , Expenditures for R&D, relevant information in relation to change to improved sustainability in the Business sector has in general increased since 2010, as well in actual prices as related to the value added in the sector. Poland shows the highest increase, however from a low level, why a decrease in the indicator is the case for Denmark and Finland., A significant decrease in emission of climate gasses from business activities can been seen, as well in actual figures at related to value added. United Kingdom shows larges decrease independent of indicator, while Poland and Netherlands shows only low decrease. The overall figures from Norway is deviating from the general trend, maybe caused by insecurity in emission figures., The gender composition of the employees by type of industry show largely similar pictures in the countries, but also a slight tendency towards more equal composition. Germany and Poland has the highest share of women in the sector, while Norway and Sweden has the lowest share., Regarding gender pay gap, only a rough comparison for the business sector is possible. The figures, however, indicates that Germany and United Kingdom have the largest gender pay gap, while Poland, Sweden and Norway are more close to a situation where women get equal pay for equal  work., Exact references to the Eurostat database tables can be found in the publication. This makes it possible for everyone to make further calculations, for others countries or types of industry and also for the coming years. For 2020 and 2021, however, impact from COVID-19 has to be taken into account in the analyses., Corrections:, Page 28: Greenhouse gases emission, Get as pdf, The business sector and the sustainable development goals - Denmark and neighbouring countries, Colophone, The business sector and the sustainable development goals - Denmark and neighbouring countries, Business, ISBN pdf: 978-87-501-2407-8, Released: 25 May 2022 08:00, No of pages: 37, Contact info:, Ole Olsen, Phone: +45 29 77 14 98

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STRFNA13: Guilty persons

citizenship, type of offence and time
2018-2023 (Number)

https://www.statbank.dk/STRFNA13

Tables in StatBank

Input-output

Here you can find information on the sources that the statistics are derived from, what the statistics contains and how often it is published.

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/oekonomi/nationalregnskab/input-output

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Documentation of statistics: Financial accounts for general government

Contact info, Government Finances, Economic Statistics , Jacob König , +45 40 40 58 41 , COB@dst.dk , Get documentation of statistics as pdf, Financial accounts for general government 2025 , Previous versions, Financial accounts for general government 2023, Financial accounts for general government 2022, Financial accounts for general government 2021, Financial accounts for general government 2020, Financial accounts for general government 2019, Financial accounts for general government 2018, Financial accounts for general government 2017, Financial accounts for general government 2016, Financial accounts for general government 2015, Financial accounts for general government 2014, The purpose of the quarterly financial accounts for general government is to present a detailed picture of the holdings, transactions (buying and selling), other changes in volume and revaluations of financial assets/liabilities by financial instruments., To ensure international comparability the statistics comply with the European System of Accounts - ESA 2010., The annual financial accounts for general government has been published since 2001 while the quarterly financial accounts has been published since June 2002. The statistics is available from Q1 1995 and onwards., Statistical presentation, Quarterly financial accounts make up a consistent system, showing the financial flows and net worth of the general government sector of the economy over time. The financial accounts for the general government sector, the financial (transactions) account, which shows buying and selling of financial instruments, describes an important part of the transition from the opening balance sheet account to the closing balance sheet account. Because the financial instruments are valued at market price, another important part of the transition is made up by revaluations, which are shown in the revaluation account. The remaining part is found in the account of other changes in volume, showing e.g. losses on debtors and relocations of units between sectors. As a general rule opening balance sheet + financial transactions + revaluations + other change in volume = closing balance sheet should always hold. When published the revaluation account and the account of other change in volume are combined. The statistics is published both consolidated and unconsolidated and with counterpart information for the domestic and foreign sector, respectively. The economic measures and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic affects the financial accounts for the general government, but the data quality is not significantly reduced., Read more about statistical presentation, Statistical processing, The main sources are the accounts of central and local government as well as social security funds. Additional information are received from, among others, the Central Bank. , Data are mainly received on a quarterly basis and validated using other data sources and, when necessary, directly with the data providers., The financial accounts for general government has with the compilation of Q2 2020 been revised for the period 2017-2020 as part of a major collaboration with Danmarks Nationalbank on the overall financial accounts for Denmark., Read more about statistical processing, Relevance, The users of , Quarterly financial accounts, are primarily expected to be Danmarks Nationalbank, financial institutions, economic ministries, lobby organizations, financial analysts (in general for the purpose of analysis, forecasting and modeling)., Read more about relevance, Accuracy and reliability, The quarterly financial accounts are based on a number of sources that may be influenced by a certain degree of inaccuracy, which may affect the quarterly financial accounts. Because of the consistency checks and the data confrontations carried out, the influence of the inaccuracy of the sources is, however, reduced., In principle, it is not possible to measure the level of inaccuracy. However, the net lending/net borrowing across the general government sector, which are calculated before the final balancing is carried out, are comparable with the same measure in the non-financial accounts. The differences can be regarded as a measure of accuracy for the national accounts as a whole., Read more about accuracy and reliability, Timeliness and punctuality, Data is published approximately at t+3 months., High degree of punctuality: Data has been published at the announced time since the first publication in 2003., Read more about timeliness and punctuality, Comparability, Comparison over time is high as there are no significant breaks in the time series, and none at all for the last 10 years., Internationally the level of comparison is high as the Danish national accounts follow the ESA 2010 guidelines., Read more about comparability, Accessibility and clarity, Current publications: The statistics are published in , News from Statistics Denmark (Nyt fra Danmarks Statistik, ), and in the series , Statistical News (Statistiske Efterretninger), ., Yearbooks:, Statistical Yearbook (Statistisk Årbog), and , Statistical Ten-year Rewiev (Statistisk Tiårsoversigt), ., http://www.Statbank.dk: Annually financial accounts and Quarterly financial accounts for the general government sector (updated quarterly) (OFF13 and OFF22)., Subject page: , Financial accounts, government finance, ., Read more about accessibility and clarity

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/documentationofstatistics/financial-accounts-for-general-government

Documentation of statistics

Documentation of statistics: Government Finance Statistics

Contact info, Government Finances, Economic Statistics , Martin Rune Rasmussen , +45 24 77 42 71 , mra@dst.dk , Get documentation of statistics as pdf, Government Finance Statistics 2025 , Previous versions, Government Finance Statistics 2024, Government Finance Statistics 2023, Government Finance Statistics 2022, Government Finance Statistics 2020, Government Finance Statistics 2019, Government Finance Statistics 2018, Government Finance Statistics 2017, Government Finance Statistics 2015, Government Finance Statistics 2014, Government Finance Statistics 2013, The purpose of the statistics General government finances is to give a overview over expenditure and revenue in the general government sector. The statistics is used to analyze the public economy. Data are available and comparable from 1971 and onward., General government statistics have undergone a benchmark revision since the last publication. In this benchmark revision, the statistics for public finances have been revised back to 1971. The benchmark revision is a pan-European project that is carried out every 5 years. The purpose of the revision is to incorporate new knowledge and new methods and to ensure uniform calculation methods for all countries., This main revision of the public finance statistics has had no notable effect on public consumption, while the net lending/borrowing for general government has improved to a lesser extent. , Statistical presentation, General government finances monitor current and capital expenditure/revenue for the general government on a yearly basis. The statistics is divided into subsectors., Read more about statistical presentation, Statistical processing, The data is collected continuously in the months before the publication from the public account systems and other supplementary sources. It is then compiled according to national accounts principles, where it may be necessary to contact the specific source to clarify certain characteristics of the entries. It may be necessary to make imputations in cases where the data isn’t available at the time of publication. When a full dataset is compiled for all subsectors balancing is carried out to secure internal consistency., Read more about statistical processing, Relevance, Many users who monitor the public economy have interest in the published statistics of government finance statistics. The statistics is in demand from ministries, politicians, public and private institutions, researchers, enterprises, news media and Eurostat. The statistics provide input to national accounts statistics. The statistics often gets a lot of attention in the media and amongst other professional users., Read more about relevance, Accuracy and reliability, Misclassification due to insufficient information about the contents of a given account can occur. In provisional accounts, the government's value added tax expenses are divided at the level of accounting items. Ii all versions in t+1 provisional tax-estimates are used. Subsidy accounts can be classified with some inaccuracy because it is not always possible to define the recipient of the subsidy. Reserves and budgets adjustments: This extra paragraph covers both earmarked and widely defined reserves. The widely defined reserves are often considerable amounts and are difficult to define. Whenever possible, Statistics Denmark collects supplementary information on these reserves. An estimation of tax revenue charged by General Government is used., Read more about accuracy and reliability, Timeliness and punctuality, The March version is published one week after the publication of the central government accounts. The June version is published three month after the publication of the central government accounts. The statistic is usually published without delay in regards to the announced time., Read more about timeliness and punctuality, Comparability, Accounts for general government are compiled using international principles, which implies a high degree of comparability over time and between other Danish national accounts statistics as well as international government finance statistics, Read more about comparability, Accessibility and clarity, These statistics are published in a Danish press release. In the StatBank, these statistics can be found under the subject , Expenses and revenues of general government, . For further information, go to the , subject page, ., Read more about accessibility and clarity

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/documentationofstatistics/government-finance-statistics

Documentation of statistics