Denmark Total Debt: % of GDP
1994 - 2024 | Yearly | % | CEIC Data
Key information about Denmark Total Debt: % of GDP
- Denmark Total Debt accounted for 847.5 % of the country's GDP in 2024, compared with the ratio of 853.2 % in the previous year.
- Denmark Total Debt: % of GDP data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1994 to Dec 2024.
- The data reached an all-time high of 958.6 % in Dec 2020 and a record low of 551.0 % in Dec 1994.
CEIC calculates annual Total Debt as % of Nominal GDP from annual Total Debt and annual Nominal GDP. Total Debt is calculated as the sum of Special Drawing Rights (SDR), Currency & Deposit, Debt Securities, Loans, Insurance, Pension & Standard Guarantee Schemes and Other Accounts Payable. Statistics Denmark provides Total Debt in local currency and Nominal GDP in local currency. Total Debt prior 2017 is based on old methodology.
View Denmark's Total Debt: % of GDP from 1994 to 2024 in the chart:
What was Denmark's Total Debt: % of GDP in 2024?
Denmark Total Debt accounted for 847.5 % of the country's GDP in 2024, compared with the ratio of 853.2 % in the previous year. See the table below for more data.
| Last | Previous | Min | Max | Unit | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 847.5 2024 | 853.2 2023 | 551.0 1994 | 958.6 2020 | % | yearly | 1994 - 2024 |
Total Debt: % of GDP by Country Comparison
| country/region | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia (%) | 268.4 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Jun 1988 - Sep 2025 |
| Austria (%) | 412.9 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Sep 2025 |
| Belgium (%) | 698.1 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Dec 1998 - Jun 2025 |
| Bulgaria (%) | 348.2 2024 | yearly | 1995 - 2024 |
| Canada (%) | 942.5 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1990 - Sep 2025 |
| Croatia (%) | 413.0 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Dec 1995 - Jun 2025 |
| Cyprus (%) | 1,145.5 2024 | yearly | 1995 - 2024 |
| Czech Republic (%) | 388.1 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2004 - Sep 2025 |
| Denmark (%) | 847.5 2024 | yearly | 1994 - 2024 |
| Estonia (%) | 382.2 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Dec 2003 - Sep 2025 |
| European Union (%) | 689.6 2024 | yearly | 2001 - 2024 |
| Finland (%) | 608.5 2024 | yearly | 1995 - 2024 |
| France (%) | 948.1 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1996 - Jun 2025 |
| Germany (%) | 595.9 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Jun 2025 |
| Greece (%) | 526.7 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Dec 1997 - Jun 2025 |
| Hungary (%) | 395.4 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Dec 1995 - Jun 2025 |
| Iceland (%) | 678.3 2024 | yearly | 2003 - 2024 |
| Ireland (%) | 830.9 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2002 - Jun 2025 |
| Italy (%) | 554.2 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Dec 1995 - Jun 2025 |
| Japan (%) | 1,169.6 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Jun 1998 - Sep 2025 |
| South Korea (%) | 722.6 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Dec 2008 - Sep 2025 |
| Latvia (%) | 340.1 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2004 - Sep 2025 |
| Lithuania (%) | 327.1 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Dec 1995 - Sep 2025 |
| Luxembourg (%) | 6,972.7 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Dec 1995 - Sep 2025 |
| North Macedonia (%) | 335.0 2023 | yearly | 2013 - 2023 |
| Malta (%) | 1,328.0 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2004 - Jun 2025 |
| Mexico (%) | 114.3 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Dec 2000 - Sep 2025 |
| Netherlands (%) | 938.6 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Sep 2025 |
| New Zealand (%) | 586.2 2023 | yearly | 2006 - 2023 |
| Norway (%) | 578.5 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Dec 1995 - Sep 2025 |
| Poland (%) | 299.3 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2004 - Jun 2025 |
| Portugal (%) | 458.8 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Dec 1995 - Sep 2025 |
| Romania (%) | 244.7 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Dec 1995 - Sep 2025 |
| Slovakia (%) | 377.8 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Dec 2012 - Jun 2025 |
| Slovenia (%) | 323.9 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2004 - Sep 2025 |
| Spain (%) | 554.0 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Dec 1995 - Sep 2025 |
| Sweden (%) | 755.1 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1996 - Sep 2025 |
| Switzerland (%) | 897.5 2024 | yearly | 1999 - 2024 |
| Taiwan, China (%) | 889.0 2023 | yearly | 2000 - 2023 |
| Turkey (%) | 243.6 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Dec 2014 - Jun 2025 |
| Ukraine (%) | 235.5 2021 | yearly | 2009 - 2021 |
| United Kingdom (%) | 827.7 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1987 - Sep 2025 |
| United States (%) | 720.8 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Dec 1951 - Sep 2025 |
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| Government and Public Finance | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%) | 3.5 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Dec 1999 - Sep 2025 |
| Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn) | 4,386.136 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Jun 2025 |
| Tax Revenue (USD mn) | 52,482.191 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Sep 2025 |
| Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%) | 44.9 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Jun 2025 |
| National Government Debt (USD mn) | 141,615.2 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2000 - Sep 2025 |
| Government Debt: % of GDP (%) | 29.7 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2000 - Sep 2025 |
| Forecast: Government Expenditure (DKK bn) | 1,840.206 2030 | yearly | 1980 - 2030 |
| Forecast: Government Net Debt (DKK bn) | 1,109.412 2030 | yearly | 1992 - 2030 |
| Forecast: Government Revenue (DKK bn) | 1,820.316 2030 | yearly | 1980 - 2030 |
| Central Government Debt: Gross: Domestic (DKK bn) | 561.145 Nov 2025 | monthly | Dec 1990 - Nov 2025 |
| Central Government Debt: Gross: Foreign (DKK bn) | 21.121 Nov 2025 | monthly | Dec 1990 - Nov 2025 |
| Central Government Debt: Gross (DKK bn) | 582.266 Nov 2025 | monthly | Dec 1990 - Nov 2025 |
| General Government Expenditure: Capital (DKK mn) | 30,204.000 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Sep 2025 |
| General Government Revenue (DKK mn) | 356,936.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Sep 2024 |
| General Government Expenditure (DKK mn) | 336,001.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Sep 2024 |
| General Government: Overall Surplus (DKK mn) | 20,936.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Sep 2024 |
| General Government Expenditure: Current (DKK mn) | 268,269.000 Dec 2018 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Dec 2018 |
| General Government Revenue: Current: Taxes on Production and Imports: ow Value A... (DKK mn) | 57,510.000 Dec 2018 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Dec 2018 |
| General Government Revenue: Current (DKK mn) | 290,258.000 Dec 2018 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Dec 2018 |
| Foreign Trade | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%) | 1.400 2030 | yearly | 1980 - 2030 |
| Trade Balance (USD mn) | 4,357.3 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 1997 - Nov 2025 |
| Total Exports (USD mn) | 16,904.5 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 1997 - Nov 2025 |
| Total Exports Growth (%) | 4.3 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 1998 - Nov 2025 |
| Aluminum: Exports (USD th) | 875,393.230 2024 | yearly | 1995 - 2024 |
| Exports: Medicament (USD th) | 8,533,222.198 2024 | yearly | 1995 - 2024 |
| Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) | 5,485,857.096 2024 | yearly | 1995 - 2024 |
| Total Imports (USD mn) | 12,547.1 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 1997 - Nov 2025 |
| Total Imports Growth (%) | -1.7 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 1998 - Nov 2025 |
| Imports: Medicament (USD th) | 5,090,831.404 2024 | yearly | 1995 - 2024 |
| Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) | 1,784,992.379 2024 | yearly | 1995 - 2024 |
| Total Exports to USA (USD mn) | 819.514 Nov 2025 | monthly | Dec 1975 - Nov 2025 |
| Total Imports from USA (USD mn) | 415.407 Nov 2025 | monthly | Dec 1975 - Nov 2025 |
| Total Exports to China (USD mn) | 809.277 Nov 2025 | monthly | Dec 1975 - Nov 2025 |
| Total Imports from China (USD mn) | 927.626 Nov 2025 | monthly | Dec 1975 - Nov 2025 |
| Exports: BCP: China (DKK mn) | 5,576.929 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2022 - Nov 2025 |
| Exports: BCP: United States (DKK mn) | 5,709.429 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2022 - Nov 2025 |
| Imports: BCP: China (DKK mn) | 5,613.600 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2022 - Nov 2025 |
| Imports: BCP: United States (DKK mn) | 3,353.118 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2022 - Nov 2025 |
| Exports Volume Index: sa (2015=100) | 129.900 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2007 - Nov 2025 |
| Imports Volume Index: sa (2015=100) | 136.300 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2007 - Nov 2025 |
| Natural Gas Exports: Netherlands (TJ) | 4,122.171 Oct 2025 | monthly | Jan 2002 - Oct 2025 |
| Natural Gas Exports: Sweden (TJ) | 1,837.036 Dec 2024 | monthly | Jan 2002 - Dec 2024 |
| Natural Gas Exports: Germany (TJ) | 331.595 Dec 2024 | monthly | Jan 2002 - Dec 2024 |
| Balance of Payments | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn) | 14.1 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 1999 - Nov 2025 |
| Current Account Balance (USD mn) | 6,659.1 Sep 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Sep 2025 |
| Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%) | 14.6 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1990 - Sep 2025 |
| Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn) | 4,067.6 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 1999 - Nov 2025 |
| Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%) | 6.8 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Sep 2025 |
| Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn) | 2,229.523 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Sep 2025 |
| Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%) | 1.9 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Sep 2025 |
| Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn) | -1,429.6 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1975 - Jun 2025 |
| Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn) | -5,849.395 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1975 - Jun 2025 |
| External Debt (USD mn) | 675,848.4 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Dec 2005 - Jun 2025 |
| External Debt: % of GDP (%) | 142.2 2024 | yearly | 2005 - 2024 |
| External Debt: Short Term (USD mn) | 300,219.3 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2005 - Jun 2025 |
| External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP (%) | 66.5 2024 | yearly | 2005 - 2024 |
| Total Debt: % of GDP (%) | 847.5 2024 | yearly | 1994 - 2024 |
| Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn) | 63.225 2030 | yearly | 1980 - 2030 |
| Net International Investment Position (USD mn) | 496,167.681 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2005 - Sep 2025 |
| BoP: Current Account: Goods and Services: Services (DKK mn) | 1,479.000 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| BoP: Current Account: Secondary Income (DKK mn) | -3,206.100 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| BoP: Net Errors and Omissions (DKK mn) | -9,151.100 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| BoP: Current Account: Primary Income (DKK mn) | 11,452.000 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| BoP: Current Account: Goods and Services: Goods f.o.b (DKK mn) | 26,083.800 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| Balance of Payments (BoP): Current Account (DKK mn) | 35,808.700 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| BoP: Current Account: Goods and Services (DKK mn) | 27,562.800 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| BoP: FA: Net Assets: Other Investments (DKK mn) | 4,588.000 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| BoP: FA: Assets: Portfolio Investments (DKK mn) | 50,678.000 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| BoP: FA: Assets: Direct Investments (DKK mn) | 91.000 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| BoP: FA: Net Assets: Direct Investments (DKK mn) | -26,189.000 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| Balance of Payment (BoP): Financial Account (FA): Net Assets (DKK mn) | 23,505.000 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| BoP: FA: Assets (DKK mn) | -3,496.000 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| BoP: FA: Net Assets: Financial Derivatives (DKK mn) | 7,330.000 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| BoP: FA: Net Assets: Portfolio Investments (DKK mn) | 51,573.000 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| BoP: FA: Assets: Financial Derivatives (DKK mn) | -25,944.000 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| BoP: FA: Liabilities (DKK mn) | -27,001.000 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| BoP: FA: Liabilities: Other Investments (DKK mn) | -19,111.000 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| BoP: FA: Liabilities: Direct Investments (DKK mn) | 26,280.000 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| BoP: FA: Assets: Reserve Assets (DKK mn) | -13,797.000 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| BoP: FA: Net Assets: Reserve Assets (DKK mn) | -13,797.000 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| BoP: FA: Liabilities: Portfolio Investments (DKK mn) | -895.000 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Nov 2025 |
| International Investment Position (IIP): Net (DKK mn) | 3,156,073.000 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2005 - Sep 2025 |
| International Investment Position (IIP): Liabilities (DKK mn) | 9,398,066.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2005 - Sep 2024 |
| International Investment Position (IIP): Assets (DKK mn) | 11,023,977.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2005 - Sep 2024 |
| Gross External Debt: Short Term (DKK bn) | 1,741.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2005 - Sep 2024 |
| Gross External Debt (DKK bn) | 3,945.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Dec 2005 - Sep 2024 |
| Gross External Debt: Long Term (DKK bn) | 2,204.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Dec 2005 - Sep 2024 |
| No of Bankruptcy: Registry Based (Unit) | 492.000 Dec 2025 | monthly | Jan 2009 - Dec 2025 |
| Monetary | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non Performing Loans Ratio (%) | 2.5 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Dec 2010 - Jun 2025 |
| Household Debt: % of GDP (%) | 92.7 2023 | yearly | 1994 - 2023 |
| Money Supply M1 (USD mn) | 186,387.350 Aug 2017 | monthly | Jan 1995 - Aug 2017 |
| Money Supply M2 (USD mn) | 203,577.099 Aug 2017 | monthly | Jan 1995 - Aug 2017 |
| M2 Growth (%) | 3.4 Aug 2017 | monthly | Jan 1996 - Aug 2017 |
| Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn) | 91,819.8 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2002 - Nov 2025 |
| Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%) | 19.938 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2002 - Sep 2025 |
| Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA) | 7.2 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2002 - Nov 2025 |
| Gold Reserves (USD mn) | 9,101.216 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 1962 - Nov 2025 |
| Total Deposits (USD mn) | 335,363.179 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2003 - Nov 2025 |
| Total Deposits Growth (%) | 3.2 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2004 - Nov 2025 |
| Domestic Credit (USD mn) | 750,006.4 May 2025 | monthly | Dec 2001 - May 2025 |
| Domestic Credit Growth (%) | -11.6 May 2025 | monthly | Dec 2002 - May 2025 |
| Debt Service Ratio: Households (%) | 11.900 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Jun 2025 |
| Debt Service Ratio: Private Non-Financial Sector (%) | 23.800 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Jun 2025 |
| Credit to Households (USD bn) | 398.488 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Dec 1994 - Jun 2025 |
| Credit to Private Non-Financial Sector (USD bn) | 1,039.917 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Sep 1953 - Jun 2025 |
| Household Debt (USD mn) | 364,979.7 2024 | yearly | 1994 - 2024 |
| Total Loans (USD mn) | 134,236.092 Oct 2025 | monthly | Oct 2013 - Oct 2025 |
| Total Loans Growth (%) | 7.62 Nov 2025 | monthly | Oct 2014 - Nov 2025 |
| Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%) | 28.21 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Dec 2013 - Sep 2025 |
| Money Supply: M3 (DKK bn) | 2,021.417 Oct 2025 | monthly | Jan 1991 - Oct 2025 |
| Money Supply: M3: M2 (DKK bn) | 1,850.151 Oct 2025 | monthly | Jan 1991 - Oct 2025 |
| Money Supply: M3: M2: M1 (DKK bn) | 1,631.711 Oct 2025 | monthly | Jan 1991 - Oct 2025 |
| Official Reserve Assets: Foreign Currency Reserves (FC) (DKK bn) | 348.300 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 2002 - Nov 2025 |
| Official Reserve Assets (DKK bn) | 724.200 Nov 2025 | monthly | Dec 1999 - Nov 2025 |
| Money Supply: M2: M1: sa (DKK bn) | 1,165.480 Aug 2017 | monthly | Jan 1995 - Aug 2017 |
| Money Supply: M2: sa (DKK bn) | 1,272.968 Aug 2017 | monthly | Jan 1995 - Aug 2017 |
| Official Reserve Assets: Gold (DKK bn) | 17.800 Dec 2018 | monthly | Dec 1999 - Dec 2018 |
| Payment Cards: Transactions: Value: Issued in Denmark (DKK mn) | 211,930.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2016 - Sep 2024 |
| Payment Cards: Transactions: Value: Issued Abroad (DKK mn) | 14,419.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2016 - Sep 2024 |
| Banks Loans: Outstanding: Financial Corporations (DKK mn) | 552,339.300 Oct 2025 | monthly | Oct 2013 - Oct 2025 |
| Banks Loans: Outstanding: Total (DKK mn) | 1,434,107.300 Oct 2025 | monthly | Oct 2013 - Oct 2025 |
| Banks Loans: Outstanding: Households (DKK mn) | 474,912.600 Oct 2025 | monthly | Oct 2013 - Oct 2025 |
| Business and Economic Survey | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Confidence Growth (% Point) | -20.3 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 1986 - Nov 2025 |
| Business Sentiment Indicator: Retail Trade (1998-2024=100) | 104.300 Dec 2025 | monthly | Jan 1998 - Dec 2025 |
| Business Sentiment Indicator: Industry (1998-2024=100) | 90.100 Dec 2025 | monthly | Jan 1998 - Dec 2025 |
| Business Sentiment Indicator: Construction (1998-2024=100) | 100.600 Dec 2025 | monthly | Jan 1998 - Dec 2025 |
| Business Sentiment Indicator: Service Sector (1998-2024=100) | 106.300 Dec 2025 | monthly | Apr 2000 - Dec 2025 |
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