Denmark is the 10 most competitive nation in the world out of 140 countries ranked in the 2019 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum. Competitiveness Rank in Denmark averaged 8.77 from 2007 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 15.00 in 2014 and a record low of 3.00 in 2008. source: World Economic Forum



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Bankruptcies 372.00 492.00 Companies Jan 2026
Business Confidence 93.10 90.60 points Jan 2026
Capacity Utilization 78.70 79.70 percent Sep 2025
Car Registrations 12881.00 18531.00 Units Jan 2026
Changes in Inventories 2.70 9.30 DKK Billion Sep 2025
Corruption Index 89.00 90.00 Points Dec 2025
Corruption Rank 1.00 1.00 Dec 2025
Electricity Production 3054.33 2910.46 Gigawatt-hour Nov 2025
Industrial Production YoY -6.50 -1.70 percent Dec 2025
Industrial Production MoM 1.50 39.00 percent Dec 2025
Manufacturing Production -6.70 -2.50 percent Dec 2025
Manufacturing Production MoM -1.00 -5.80 percent Dec 2025
Mining Production 0.80 27.90 percent Dec 2025
Natural Gas Stocks Capacity 9.79 9.79 TWh Feb 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Injection 3.00 0.47 GWh/d Feb 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Inventory 3.02 3.06 TWh Feb 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Withdrawal 37.80 44.50 GWh/d Feb 2026
New Orders 1.00 -4.00 points Jan 2026


Denmark Competitiveness Rank
The most recent 2018 edition of Global Competitiveness Report assesses 140 economies. In 2018, the World Economic Forum introduced a new methodology emphasizing the role of human capital, innovation, resilience and agility, as not only drivers but also defining features of economic success in the 4th Industrial Revolution. As a result, the GCI scale changed to 1 to 100 from 1 to 7, with higher average score meaning higher degree of competitiveness. The report is made up of 98 variables organized into twelve pillars with the most important including: institutions; infrastructure; ICT adoption; macroeconomic stability; health; skills; product market; labour market; financial system; market size; business dynamism; and innovation capability.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
10.00 10.00 15.00 3.00 2007 - 2019 Yearly