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Martin Ulrik Jensen appointed new director general and national statistician

Upon recommendation by the supervisory board of Statistics Denmark, the Minister for Digital Government, Caroline Stage, has appointed Martin Ulrik Jensen as the new national statistician and director general of Statistics Denmark., 16 September 2024 12:05 ,  , Martin Ulrik Jensen comes from a position as head of department in the Ministry of Finance and deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry for the Green Tripartite Agreement. He will take up his duties in Statistics Denmark on 1 December., Vice-chair of Statistics Denmark’s Supervisory Board, David Dreyer Lasser says:, “In the supervisory board, we are very pleased with the appointment of Martin Ulrik Jensen as the new national statistician and director general. He has a clear understanding of Statistics Denmark’s role as the national provider of independent statistics and data. For a number of years, Martin Ulrik Jensen has been working closely with Statistics Denmark and hence has a good knowledge of the institution. Martin Ulrik Jensen has a solid professional and managerial ballast from his previous employments and a strong commitment to Statistics Denmark, which he articulated very clearly in the recruitment process. Overall, this gives us reason to expect that he will be able to further develop Statistics Denmark for the benefit of the many users and for Danish society.”, Martin Ulrik Jensen says:, ”Statistics Denmark has a central role in Danish society. Statistics Denmark is the main provider of independent data and statistics, which is an important part of the foundation for a democratic and dynamic society. The position as national statistician and director general is therefore a dream job, and I am happy that the board has nominated me. I look forward to running and developing Statistics Denmark together with the supervisory board and the competent employees and in active cooperation with the users.”, See the press release (in Danish) from the Ministry of Digital Affairs, CV, Education, Master of Science (MSc) in Economics, University of Copenhagen,  , Employment, 2019           Head of Department, Ministry of Finance, 2016           Head of Department, Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Interior, 2015           Head of Department, Ministry of Social Affairs and the Interior, 2015           Head of Division, Ministry of Finance, 2011           Head of Division, Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Interior, 2009           Head of Division, Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, 2006           Head of Section, Special Adviser and Chief Special Adviser, Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, 2004           Head of Section, Ministry of Finance,  , Other duties,                      Member of the Board of Directors for VIVE,                      Member of the Advisory Committee for Denmark’s Data Portal,                      Member of the Economic Policy Research Network (EPRN),                      Member of various model groups (ADAM, DREAM and MAKRO), For further information, contact Head of Press Majken Lenskjold (tel. +45 22 42 07 48 / , mle@dst.dk, )

https://www.dst.dk/en/presse/Pressemeddelelser/2024/2024-09-16-ny-rigstatistiker

Documentation of statistics: Medium-Cycle Higher Education

Contact info, Population and Education, Social Statistics , Mikkel Jonasson Pedersen , +45 23 60 42 07 , mps@dst.dk , Get documentation of statistics as pdf, Medium-Cycle Higher Education 2024 , Previous versions, Medium-Cycle Higher Education 2023, Medium-Cycle Higher Education 2022, Medium-Cycle Higher Education 2021, Medium-Cycle Higher Education 2020, Medium-Cycle Higher Education 2019, Medium-Cycle Higher Education 2018, The statistics about medium-cycle higher education describe activity on medium-cycle higher education in Denmark. Medium-cycle higher education is defined from Statistics Denmark's education classification DISCED-15 as all education classified on level 50. The levels in DISCED-15 for higher education are classified according to the main fields regulated by law. Medium-cycle higher educations are typically 1-2 years in duration. Medium-cycle higher education statistics is in its current form comparable since 2005 and is part of the overall Student Register, which contains information on all students and students in ordinary education in Denmark., Statistical presentation, These statistics contains yearly data about the activity on medium-cycle higher education in Denmark. This includes the number of entrants, the number of completed and the number of active students. The statistics are divided by education and the students' age, sex, ancestry and national origin., Read more about statistical presentation, Statistical processing, The data for these statistics are collected yearly in October from the administrative systems of the educational institutions. Statistics Denmark have drawn up standards for reporting formats, validation and error searching in cooperation with the system provider ESAS, who is in charge of the administrative systems at most institutions who offer medium-cycle higher education. This means that the data received by Statistics Denmark have already been controlled. In addition, a thorough error search and validation of data are done by Statistics Denmark, where data is controlled for fluctuations across time and irregularities at the individual level., Read more about statistical processing, Relevance, The statistics are relevant for public administrators, scientists and other analysts, journalists and citizens etc. as basis for prognoses, analyses and planning purposes in the educational field, but also for example in the labour market field and the integration field. The basic data for the statistics are used as background data for most of the personal statistics at Statistics Denmark, and it is the basis for the tables in StatBank Denmark about education. , Read more about relevance, Accuracy and reliability, The administrative systems that are the basis for the statistics are used by the institutions for their own daily administration of the students and also for the payment of different economic grants. Correct registers are therefore necessary for the economy of the institutions and contributes to an expected high quality of the data source. However, occasional errors will almost always occur. These are almost always fixed before next year's publication of data., Read more about accuracy and reliability, Timeliness and punctuality, The statistics are published about 4 months after the reference time which is 1 October. , Read more about timeliness and punctuality, Comparability, The current time series of these statistics goes back to 2005, but statistics on medium-cycle higher education have been made further back than this. It may be difficult to compare the figures internationally, as medium-cycle higher education is defined differently from country to country., Read more about comparability, Accessibility and clarity, Statistics are released yearly in a Danish press release, at the same time as the tables are updated in the StatBank. In the StatBank, these statistics can be found under the subject , Medium-cycle higher education, . For further information, see the , homepage of education statistics, ., Read more about accessibility and clarity

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/documentationofstatistics/medium-cycle-higher-education

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Documentation of statistics: Sales of real property

Contact info, Prices and Consumption, Economic Statistics , Jakob Holmgaard , +45 24 87 64 56 , JHO@dst.dk , Get documentation of statistics as pdf, Sales of real property 2023 , Previous versions, Sales of real property 2022, Sales of real property 2021, Sales of real property 2020, Sales of real property 2019, Sales of real property 2018, Sales of real property 2017, Sales of real property 2016, The statistics for Sales of real estate property measure the number of sales and prices of transactions of Danish real estate properties. The statistics are used for monitoring developments in the real estate market, as well as economic developments. The current price indices link back to 1992. There are price indices for previous years, but there are methodological differences., Statistical presentation, This statistics are published monthly including price and volume trends in real estate transactions, such as one-family houses, owner-occupied flats, agricultural properties and business properties. These statistics contain key figures broken down by category of real estate property, region, type of transfer, price index and period. The statistics include all registered real estate transactions, which include land, both newly built and existing properties., Read more about statistical presentation, Statistical processing, Data concerning the registration of ownership of real estate properties is collected on a monthly basis from the electronic land registration system via Datafordeleren. The data is checked for errors by Statistics Denmark. The individual real estate transactions are divided according to category of real property, region, type of transfer and period. Aggregated figures are then calculated for number of sales, average prices and the ratio between purchase price and appraisal value (spar-value). Finally, the price index is calculated., Read more about statistical processing, Relevance, There is a great interest for the published numbers among users, which follows the currently economic business cycle. The statistics of sales of real properties are relevant for the banking- and financial sector, real estate agents, politicians, researchers and the news media. The users consider the statistics for sales of real estate properties as an important economic indicator. The statistics have a high profile in the press and among other professional users., Read more about relevance, Accuracy and reliability, The precision of the price development is the result of the quality of the appraisals and of the assumptions in the SPAR-method, which seeks to correct the quality of the sold properties in order to measure the pure price development. There is no significant bias in the preliminary figures for the price development, while the preliminary figures for the average prices are underestimated, as they are not corrected for the bias in the registration pattern., Read more about accuracy and reliability, Timeliness and punctuality, The statistics for sales of real property publish preliminary quarterly and annual figures 3 months after the end of the reference period. Monthly figures are published only as final figures. Final figures are available 13 months after the end of the reference period. The statistics are published without delays in the planned releases. , Read more about timeliness and punctuality, Comparability, Comparable house sales statistics for all EU member states can be found on the , Eurostats website, where figures are published around 100 days after the end of a quarter (reference period)., Read more about comparability, Accessibility and clarity, The statistics for sales of real properties is published in , News from Statistics Denmark, . Detailed figures can be found in , StatBank, and in the [Online payment data bank](https://www.dst.dk/betalingsdatabank. The figures are also included in the Statistical Ten-Year Review and Statistical Yearbook (has been discontinued). Historical figures can be found here: , Historical sales of real property, . Analyzes (only available in Danish) can be found , here, and , here, ., Read more about accessibility and clarity

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/documentationofstatistics/sales-of-real-property

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Documentation of statistics: Reported criminal offences

Contact info, Population and Education, Social Statistics , Iben Birgitte Pedersen , +45 23 60 37 11 , IPE@dst.dk , Get documentation of statistics as pdf, Reported criminal offences 2024 , Previous versions, Reported criminal offences 2023, Reported criminal offences 2022, Reported Criminal Offences 2021, Reported Criminal Offences 2020, Reported Criminal Offences 2019, Reported Criminal Offences 2018, Reported Criminal Offences, Year 2017, Reported Criminal Offences, Year 2016, Reported Criminal Offences 2015, Reported Criminal Offences, Year 2014, Reported Criminal Offences, Year 2013, Documents associated with the documentation, Engelsk_Voldtægtsforbrydelser_Anmeldelser (docx), offerrapport_2021 (pdf) (in Danish only), Engelsk_Voldtægtsforbrydelser_Anmeldelser (docx), offerrapport_2022 (pdf) (in Danish only), The statistics analyze the number of criminal offences in violation of the criminal code and the special laws (except those contained in the Danish Road Traffic Act) to the police. The statistics on reported criminal offences date back to 1921. Until 1990, Statistics Denmark received monthly copies of the offence reports from the police for registration. Since 1 January 1990, Statistics Denmark has received data both quarterly and annually from the Central Register of Reported Offences, a register administered by the National Commissioner of the Danish Police., Statistical presentation, The statistics show the number of offences of criminal code and special laws/legislation reported to the police or discovered by the police itself., The statistics on reported criminal offences form part of the Danish System of Criminal Statistics. The System of Criminal Statistics includes data on criminal cases from the reported offences and charges to the convictions plus arrests and imprisonments., Read more about statistical presentation, Statistical processing, The source of the statistics is The Central Register of Reported Criminal Offences - administered by the National Commissioner of the Danish Police. Data are delivered yearly via System-to-system transmission., The data go through a probability check in form of a comparison with data from the previous year, key variables are checked for valid values and irrelevant offences are deleted., Read more about statistical processing, Relevance, The statistics are used broadly by the authorities, organizations, researchers, the press etc. The tables in the statbank.dk are used frequently. Views and suggestions from key users are taken into consideration in the preparation of the statistics., Read more about relevance, Accuracy and reliability, The accuracy of the statistics on reported criminal offences is considered to be good. The data come from a single administrative register system storing information on all reported crimes. Analyses have shown that approximately 5 percentages of the crimes registered in a calendar year, are committed in an earlier year. Corresponding approximately 5 percentages of all crimes reported committed in a calendar year are not registered until a following year. The statistics do not include information on the hidden criminality, i.e. committed criminal offences not reported to the police., Read more about accuracy and reliability, Timeliness and punctuality, The publishing time for the statistics is about 2 months. The statistics are usually published without delay in relation to the scheduled date., Read more about timeliness and punctuality, Comparability, The statistics have been prepared on the same basis since 1990. Due to changes in the grouping of the criminal offences and changes in the 'clear-up-concept' caution should be shown by comparing figures over time before this year., Eurostat collects annual data from the member states on reported criminal offences and publishes statistics based on this. However, according to the Eurostat metadata, the range of items included in the different groups of crime differs between countries and comparisons based upon absolute figures are therefore misleading., Read more about comparability, Accessibility and clarity, These statistics are published yearly in a Danish press release. In the StatBank, these statistics can be found under , Reported criminal offences, . For further information, go to the , subject page, . , Read more about accessibility and clarity

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/documentationofstatistics/reported-criminal-offences

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Documentation of statistics: Teacher-student register for primary school

Contact info, Population and Education , Eva Lotti Hansen , +45 21 59 99 06 , EBR@dst.dk , Get documentation of statistics as pdf, Teacher-student register for primary school 2023 , Previous versions, Teacher-student register for primary school 2022, Teacher-student register for primary school 2021, The Matched Educational Data for primary and lower secondary education level (MED-Elementary) serves the purpose of enriching the elementary school statistics with information about the individual lessons. The data registry has been developed for research purposes and provides the possibility to study who receives teaching together and who executes the teaching. So far, the register covers the school year of 2020/2021, 2021/2022, and 2022/2023. , Statistical presentation, The database, MED-Elementary, contains information about students, groups, teachers and their activities in public elementary schools and other schools at the level of primary to lower secondary education in Denmark. The register covers 0th to 10th grade in the Danish school system. , In its current form, the registry covers from the school year of 2020/21 and are updated yearly with the addition of another year. , Read more about statistical presentation, Statistical processing, The data for this registry is collected weekly from the schools' digital login system, Unilogin, and the communication platform, AULA, as automatic system-to-system reporting. The weekly updates are compiled into chronological tracks, which undergo a broad validation process followed by and enrichment of the data, also on a weekly basis. Once a year data from the two sources are integrated and combined with data from the Student Registry. , Read more about statistical processing, Relevance, MED-Elementary has been developed for research purposes and creates opportunities for research in teaching at the level of the individual lessons in primary and lower secondary schools. This applies, for example, to the importance of the composition and length of the school day. In the development of MED-Elementary, external stakeholders and future users have been continuously involved., Read more about relevance, Accuracy and reliability, The information in the database comes from the institutions' administrative systems and good agreement has been found with existing registers based on other data sources., By translating the activity designations into a mandatory subject, the number of hours at each individual school is compared to the minimum requirement or the indicative number of hours according to the executive order on elementary schools. It is estimated that in 84 pct. of primary schools, students have on average between 85 pct. and 115 pct. of the recommended number of hours/minimum hours in the executive order in the school year 2021-2022., Read more about accuracy and reliability, Timeliness and punctuality, It is expected that the register will be published in April for the previous school year without significant delays., Read more about timeliness and punctuality, Comparability, The MED-Elementary is currently available for the school year 20/21, 21/22 and 22/23 ., Read more about comparability, Accessibility and clarity, Researchers and other analysts from authorized research institutions can gain access to the Micro-data through Statistics Denmark's Research Scheme, and the ministries will be able to gain access through the ministerial scheme., Read more about accessibility and clarity

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/documentationofstatistics/teacher-student-register-for-primary-school

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Documentation of statistics: Housing Benefits (monthly

Contact info, Labour Market, Social Statistics , Morten Steenbjerg Kristensen , +45 20 40 38 73 , MRT@dst.dk , Get documentation of statistics as pdf, Housing Benefits (monthly 2024 Month 01 , Previous versions, Housing Benefits (monthly 2023 Month 03, Housing Benefits 2022 Month 02, Housing Benefits 2022 Month 01, Housing Benefits 2021 Month 12, Housing Benefits 2020 Month 12, Housing Benefits 2019 Month 12, Housing Benefits 2018, Housing Benefits 2017 Month 12, Housing Benefits 2016 Month 12, Housing Benefits 2015 Month 12, Housing Benefits 2014 Month 12, Housing Benefits 2013 Month 12, Housing benefit is a tax free subsidy granted to households with high housing expenses relative to the household income. The purpose of the statistics on housing benefit is to elucidate the number of beneficiaries of housing benefit and the amount received in benefit. The housing benefit statistics date back to 1967, but is in the current format comparable back to 2007., Statistical presentation, The statistics on housing benefits cover statistics on the number of all beneficiaries (i.e. households), and amounts granted on a monthly basis. Rent subsidies (for non-pensioners, as well as to early retirees, who have been assigned pension after January 1st 2003) and housing allowances (for retirees) depending on a number of variables (type of benefit, rent income and number of children)., Read more about statistical presentation, Statistical processing, Data for these statistics are collected monthly from Udbetaling Danmark via a system-to-system connection. Data are treated annually. Invalid data are excluded. Afterwards, the data is aggregated by the type of housing benefit, municipality and age., Read more about statistical processing, Relevance, These statistics are relevant for various Ministries, municipalities, researchers, and KL- Local Government Denmark and researchers. The statistics are used internally in Statistics Denmark, Municipal budgets and to assess the law on individual housing benefits., Read more about relevance, Accuracy and reliability, The statistics are based on administrative registers of housing benefits, but errors and duplicates may occur in the register. Invalid data and duplicates are removed (less than 0.01 pct.). The housing benefit amounts are overestimated compared to reality, since months with less than a full month's housing eligibility are included as a full month in the statistics. Only final figures are published., Read more about accuracy and reliability, Timeliness and punctuality, The statistics on housing benefits 2025 is published in March 2026., Read more about timeliness and punctuality, Comparability, Statistics on housing benefits in Denmark date back to 1967. The statistics are comparable since 1983 in its current format. The statistics are produced according to common European guidelines and are therefore comparable to statistics from other countries published in Eurostat., Read more about comparability, Accessibility and clarity, These statistics are published yearly in , Nyt fra Danmarks Statistik, . Simultaneously, the statistics are published online at http://www.Statbank.dk under the subject , Adults receiving social benefits, ., Read more about accessibility and clarity

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/documentationofstatistics/housing-benefits--monthly

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Documentation of statistics: Home to work commuting

Contact info, Labour Market , Pernille Stender , +45 24 92 12 33 , PSD@dst.dk , Get documentation of statistics as pdf, Commuting 2016 , Previous versions, The purpose of the RAS statistic is to provide a description of the Danish population's commuting and distance between place of residence and work place. The commuting statistic has been published since 1984. The distance between residence and work place was first published in 2006. The statistic is in the current form comparable from 2008 and forward. , Statistical presentation, The statistic is an annually and individual based count of the employed persons commuting between residence and work place in the last working day in November. Including a calculation of the distance between the commuters residence and work place i kilometers (km). The commuting statistic is published in the Statbank where the statistic besides from residence, work place and commuting distance also is divided on sex, industry (DB07) and socioeconomic status. Data is also available trough the Division of Research Services and DST Consulting., Read more about statistical presentation, Statistical processing, The commuting statistic is compiled on the register-based labour force statistic (RAS), which is based on the Labour Market Account (LMA) - a longitudinal register. A comprehensive data validation is done in the production of AMR. RAS is done by taking a status (on the populations primary attachment to the labour market) on the last working day in November based on LMA. Based on the information about the address of residence and workplace for employed persons the commuting distance is calculated. , Read more about statistical processing, Relevance, The statistic is relevant for users interested in mobility on the labour market and the data foundation makes it possible to connect detailed information for analysis. , Read more about relevance, Accuracy and reliability, The commuting statistic is compiled from RAS which is used to present the primary connection to the labour market for people resident in Denmark. RAS contains a series of data sources that are integrated, debugged and harmonized. RAS does therefore not contain the same uncertainties as statistics based on samplings. , The definition of the primary job for employed persons is source to uncertainty in the commuting statistic, since the workplace address for the primary job and the address of residence is the foundation for the calculation of the commuting distance. It is also important to be aware that the calculated commuting distance reflects an ideal situation where every person is believed to travel from residence to workplace by the shortest route and by car. , Read more about accuracy and reliability, Timeliness and punctuality, The commuting statistic is published approximately 17 months after the reference point in time. The date of publication, which is normally complied without delay, is defined more than a year ahead. , Read more about timeliness and punctuality, Comparability, The statistic is published since 1984, and is in the current shape comparable from 2008 and forward. The statistic shows commuting within and across municipalities in Denmark, and the data foundation is based on administrative registers with national features. It is therefore difficult to compare the statistic internationally. , New and better data foundations and changes in the labour market have caused a number of data breaks over time, which have influence on the possibility of comparing data over time. , Read more about comparability, Accessibility and clarity, The statistic is published annually in a Danish press release, at the same time as the tables are updated in the StatBank. In the StatBank, these statistics can be found under , Commuting from home, and , Commuting to workplace, . For further information, go to the subject page for , Commuting, . , Read more about accessibility and clarity

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/documentationofstatistics/home-to-work-commuting

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Documentation of statistics: Local Government Personal Income Taxation and Church Tax

Contact info, Government Finances , Ida Balle Rohde , +45 61 24 24 85 , ILR@dst.dk , Get documentation of statistics as pdf, Local Government Personal Income Taxation and Church Tax 2025 , Previous versions, Local Government Personal Income Taxation and Church Tax 2024, Local Government Personal Income Taxation and Church Tax 2023, Local Government Personal Income Taxation and Church Tax 2022, Local Government Personal Income Taxation and Church Tax 2021, Local Government Personal Income Taxation and Church Tax 2015, Local Government Personal Income Taxation and Church Tax 2014, The purpose of Local government personal income taxation and church tax is information on the development in these taxes as they are decided by the local governments by the 15th of October the year before the relevant income year. The Statistics was first time published in 1927, but in its current form the statistics covers and is comparable from 2007., Statistical presentation, The statistics show the development in local government personal income tax rates and church tax rates as determined by the local authorities in each municipality., Read more about statistical presentation, Statistical processing, The statistics is based on reports from the local authorities to the Ministry of the Interior. The published budget figures also form the basis for the amount of advance payments transferred from the central government to the municipalities. The collected material is validated against last year’s data as well as information regarding which municipalities have changed their tax rates. There are no further corrections of data., Read more about statistical processing, Relevance, The statistics are part of the general economic debate. The statistics is in demand from ministries, politicians, public and private institutions, researchers, enterprises and news media. The statistics often gets a lot of attention in the media and amongst other professional users., Read more about relevance, Accuracy and reliability, The statistics have no sources of statistical uncertainty of importance. This is because local government income taxes is determined by a financial agreement between Local Government Denmark (KL) and the government. Afterwards, both KL and the Ministry of the Interior check and verify the numbers. It is not allowed to make changes the foundation for the local government income taxes once it have been approved, which is also why there are no revisions of the statistics., Read more about accuracy and reliability, Timeliness and punctuality, Data are published in the end of November in the year before the income year. The statistics only contain final figures. The statistics are usually published on the scheduled date without delays., Read more about timeliness and punctuality, Comparability, The statistics was published for the first time in 1927. However, changes to both the municipality as well as country structure makes the comparison across time difficult. The current structure makes it possible to compare from 2007 and onwards. The taxation systems differ widely across countries, which makes the geographical comparison difficult based on national sources because of concept and calculation differences., Read more about comparability, Accessibility and clarity, These statistics are published annually in a Danish press release. In the , StatBank, the figures are published under Personal income taxes. For further information, go to the subject page for , taxes and duties, ., Read more about accessibility and clarity

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/documentationofstatistics/local-government-personal-income-taxation-and-church-tax

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Documentation of statistics: Personal income taxes

Contact info, Government Finances , Ida Balle Rohde , +45 61 24 24 85 , ILR@dst.dk , Get documentation of statistics as pdf, Personal income taxes 2023 , Previous versions, Personal income taxes 2022, Personal income taxes 2021, Personal Income Taxation 2020, Personal Income Taxation 2019, Personal Income Taxation 2014, Personal Income Taxation 2013, The purpose of the statistics Personal income taxation is to give information about tax bases, tax calculations and the various tax concepts, and also give a description of provisional and final tax. The statistics cover income taxes from 1994 and is published yearly in September. The statistics were first published in 1903, but in its current form the statistics cover every year from 1994 onwards., Statistical presentation, The statistics is a yearly account of personal income- and wealth taxes, as they are in the final assessment. The statistics give information about tax bases, tax calculations and the various tax concepts., Read more about statistical presentation, Statistical processing, Data is extracted annually from the Danish Tax Agency. Not all taxable persons are included in the data extract, so income tax is calculated for the missing persons, so that it is possible to describe the development for all taxable persons in Denmark. The validation takes place by comparing the level of total income taxes in relation to the previous year, where both business tendencies and possible tax rate changes are taken into account., Read more about statistical processing, Relevance, The statistics are part of the general economic debate. The statistics is in demand from ministries, politicians, public and private institutions, researchers, enterprises and news media. The statistics often get a lot of attention in the media and amongst other professional users., Read more about relevance, Accuracy and reliability, In the first dissemination of the statistics, some information for some taxpayers is missing. The tax payments of these persons are therefore calculated to give an overall picture of the development in income taxes for persons. Also in the final version of the statistics, some taxpayers' information is missing, the statistics therefore contain calculated figures. In the preliminary versions of the statistics some tax types are corrected for biases, as these tax types are potentially underestimated in relation to the final value., Read more about accuracy and reliability, Timeliness and punctuality, The Statistics are published yearly in November. The first version of the preliminary income taxes is published in November after the end of the income year. The final income taxes are published in November, three years after the end of the income year in question. Publications are released on time, as stated in the release calendar. , Read more about timeliness and punctuality, Comparability, The statistic were first introduced in 1903. The tax reform in 1987 changed both income and deduction concepts. From 1987, the numbers were split into personal income, capital income, and deductions instead of gross income and deductions. The taxation structure differs greatly across countries, which makes international comparison difficult. , Read more about comparability, Accessibility and clarity, These statistics are published annually in a Danish press release. In the StatBank the figures are published under , Personal income taxes, . , Read more about accessibility and clarity

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/documentationofstatistics/personal-income-taxes

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Documentation of statistics: Real property taxes

Contact info, Government Finances, Economic Statistics , Ida Balle Rohde , +45 61 24 24 85 , ILR@dst.dk , Get documentation of statistics as pdf, Real property taxes 2024 , Previous versions, Real property taxes 2023, Real property taxes 2022, Real property taxes 2021, Real property taxes 2020, Taxation of Real Property 2014, Taxation of Real Property 2013, The purpose of the statistics Property Taxation is to show the development in property taxes and their allocation to municipalities. The detailed property tax statistics has existed since 1937. Before 1937, property tax statistics was also published statistics on property taxation, albeit at a more aggregated basis. The current form of the statistics is comparable from 2007 and onwards., Statistical presentation, The statistics are a yearly overview of the Danish property taxation. The statistics show the distribution of property taxes to municipalities as well as type of tax (land tax and reimbursement duties). , Read more about statistical presentation, Statistical processing, The statistics is based on data from the Property Statistics Register. The register is based on information from two sources: an assessment part from the Danish Property Assessment Agency and a tax part from KMD. The data is validated against last year's data and against budget figures for the given year, as well as information on which municipalities that has changed their land tax rate. Data are used without further treatment for the publication., Read more about statistical processing, Relevance, The statistics are part of the general economic debate. The statistics is in demand from ministries, politicians, public and private institutions, researchers, enterprises and news media. The statistics often gets a lot of attention in the media and amongst other professional users., Read more about relevance, Accuracy and reliability, The statistics has only a few sources for uncertainty. Property Statistics Register, which is the foundation for the finalized numbers, consists of two sources: an assessment part from the Danish Property Assessment Agency and a tax part from KMD. Since the parts are not updated at the same time, there may be slight discrepancies in the data between the two parts. The official real estate valuations also causes some uncertainty. This is because these valuations, which is the basis for computing the valuation (public assessment) and land value, have been frozen since 2013. , Read more about accuracy and reliability, Timeliness and punctuality, The Statistics are published yearly in November in the income year, where final data is published. Publications are released on time, as stated in the release calendar. , Read more about timeliness and punctuality, Comparability, The census has been conducted since 1937, but changes in municipal and county compositions makes comparisons over time difficult. However, in its current form the statistics is comparable from 2007 and onwards. The taxation systems differ widely across countries, which makes the international comparison difficult based on national sources because of concept and calculation differences. The statistics is the basis for determining the property taxes in government finance statistics. , Read more about comparability, Accessibility and clarity, These statistics are published annually in a Danish press release. In the StatBank the figures are published under , Real property taxes, . Information about the statistics can be found on the , subject page, ., Read more about accessibility and clarity

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/documentationofstatistics/real-property-taxes

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