COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Denmark Government Expense
Denmark government expense: latest available value for 2023, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 33,34 | 1,17 |
| 2022 | 32,16 | -4,25 |
| 2021 | 36,42 | -2,34 |
| 2020 | 38,76 | 3,46 |
| 2019 | 35,29 | -0,88 |
| 2018 | 36,18 | -0,10 |
| 2017 | 36,28 | -1,09 |
| 2016 | 37,38 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Expense is a decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Source organization: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
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Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesDenmark recorded 33,34 percent of GDP in 2023, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2022, the government expense increased by 1,17.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.
Across 8 observations from 2016 to 2023, the average was 35,73; the minimum was 32,16 in 2022 and the maximum was 38,76 in 2020.
Denmark ranks 45 out of 149 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Europe & Central Asia.
It is also below the available average for the High income group.
Ongoing fiscal expenditure intensity.