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 92.50 93.10 points Feb 2026
Capacity Utilization 76.40 64.20 percent Mar 2026
Car Registrations 12881.00 18531.00 Units Jan 2026
Changes in Inventories -31.80 -14.90 DKK Billion Dec 2025
Corruption Index 89.00 90.00 Points Dec 2025
Corruption Rank 1.00 1.00 Dec 2025
Electricity Production 3210.94 3054.33 Gigawatt-hour Dec 2025
Industrial Production YoY 13.90 1.50 percent Jan 2026
Industrial Production MoM 1.50 39.00 percent Dec 2025
Manufacturing Production 14.10 -6.70 percent Jan 2026
Manufacturing Production MoM 3.80 1.20 percent Jan 2026
Mining Production 10.50 2.60 percent Jan 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Capacity 9.79 9.79 TWh Mar 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Injection 22.38 8.01 GWh/d Mar 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Inventory 2.65 2.63 TWh Mar 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Withdrawal 7.50 9.00 GWh/d Mar 2026
New Orders 2.00 1.00 points Feb 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