Denmark's hdi rose from 0.9 in 1994 to 1.0 in 2023.
Denmark · Quality of life
Human development, happiness, safety, access and environment.
14 indicators · 14 with data
Denmark's life satisfaction fell from 7.9 in 2011 to 7.5 in 2025.
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- Life expectancyup +0.5 yrs33rd of 217
- Healthy life expectancy at birthdown −0.2 yrs16th of 185
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- Gini indexup +2.0 %16th of 57
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- Air pollution (PM2.5)down −8.6 %28th of 200
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- Homicide ratedown −14.4 %23rd of 83
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.0 pts13th of 148
- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Internet usersup +1.0 pts4th of 182
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- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs13th of 195
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- Unemploymentup +0.2 pts106th of 185
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- Housing cost overburden rateup +8.8 pts29th of 30
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- Women in parliamentdown −1.7 pts19th of 184