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13/07/2022 by

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Denmark

Country context

  • GDP per capita: 64, 681 USD (2021)
  • Government debt: 50.0% of GDP (2021)
  • Population: 5.8 million (2020)
  • General government investment: 15.5% of GFCF (2020)
  • Subnational direct investment: 40.36% of general government (2019)
  • Infrastructure quality: 87.1/100 (2019)
  • Internet access: 96.1% of all households (2021)
  • Air and GHG emissions: 4.4t CO2 emissions/capita (2020)
  • Energy Transition Index: 76/100 (2021)

Source: OECD and World Economic Forum

Denmark data

Ensuring asset performance throughout its life

Consistency of country performance in each pillar

Good infrastructure governance requires improvements across different dimensions. Preferably, countries should make progress in all dimensions involved in each of the pillars. Consistency is measured using the coefficient of variation; pay particular attention to pillars with low consistency as they may require more nuanced analysis.

  • Low
  • High

Case studies

  • InfraLCA

Related publications

  • Denmark’s National Reform Programme 2022 (2022)
  • Fostering Effective Energy Transition, World Economic Forum (2021)
  • ITF Transport Outlook 2021
  • Ministry of Transport Annual Report (2021)
  • Denmark forward – Infrastructure plan 2035 (2021)
  • Budgetary Governance in Practice: Denmark

Links to useful data

  • 2018 OECD Governance of Capital Budgeting and Infrastructure Dataset
  • Denmark – Country Overview, InfraCompass, Global Infrastructure Hub
  • Country profile of Denmark, OECD
  • World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance and Investment, Denmark

Relevant public institutions

  • Ministry of Transport
  • Ministry of Finance
  • Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities

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