Denmark is ranked 4 among 190 economies in the ease of doing business, according to the latest World Bank annual ratings. The rank of Denmark deteriorated to 4 in 2019 from 3 in 2018. Ease of Doing Business in Denmark averaged 4.08 from 2008 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 6.00 in 2009 and a record low of 2.00 in 2015. source: World Bank

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Bankruptcies	372.00	492.00	Companies	Jan 2026
Business Confidence	92.50	93.10	points	Feb 2026
Capacity Utilization	78.70	79.70	percent	Sep 2025
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	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	1.23	9.53	GWh/d	Feb 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Inventory	2.62	2.66	TWh	Feb 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Withdrawal	42.70	44.80	GWh/d	Feb 2026
New Orders	1.00	-4.00	points	Jan 2026

Ease of Doing Business in Denmark

The Ease of doing business index ranks countries against each other based on how the regulatory environment is conducive to business operationstronger protections of property rights. Economies with a high rank (1 to 20) have simpler and more friendly regulations for businesses.