Social benefits, Transactions in Denmark
Denmark: Social benefits, Transactions was 476.97 billion in 2025. ▲ Rising
Social benefits, Transactions in Denmark, 1999–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, social benefits, transactions in Denmark stood at 476.97 billion. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, social benefits, transactions in Denmark peaked at 476.97 billion in 2025 and was at its lowest, 225.10 billion, in 1999.
Denmark ranks 13th of 35 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Social benefits, Transactions in Denmark, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 225.10 billion | — |
| 2000 | 232.06 billion | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 241.83 billion | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 251.67 billion | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 267.05 billion | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 275.24 billion | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 279.96 billion | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 281.26 billion | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 285.13 billion | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 292.76 billion | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 315.27 billion | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 340.97 billion | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 348.90 billion | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 358.37 billion | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 365.66 billion | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 371.93 billion | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 376.78 billion | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 379.46 billion | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 384.58 billion | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 387.83 billion | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 397.63 billion | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 418.74 billion | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 428.98 billion | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 424.03 billion | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 437.26 billion | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 457.04 billion | +4.5% |
| 2025 | 476.97 billion | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 225.10 billion | 225.10 billion | 225.10 billion | 1 |
| 2000s | 272.22 billion | 232.06 billion | 315.27 billion | 10 |
| 2010s | 371.21 billion | 340.97 billion | 397.63 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 440.50 billion | 418.74 billion | 476.97 billion | 6 |
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More public sector data for Denmark
- Arms imports 427.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 71.44 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 55.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 427.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 1,666 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0235 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 22.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 9.96 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 6,850 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is social benefits, transactions in Denmark?
- Social benefits, transactions in Denmark was 476.97 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest social benefits, transactions recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 476.97 billion in 2025.
- What is the lowest social benefits, transactions recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 225.10 billion in 1999.
- How does Denmark rank for social benefits, transactions?
- Denmark ranks 13th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is social benefits, transactions rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Social benefits, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.