Denmark
Kingdom of Denmark
- Capital
- Copenhagen
- Region
- Northern Europe
- Population, 2025
- 6.0 million
- Currency
- DKK
- Area
- 43,094 km²
Across Denmark's 46 priced cities, one person needs about $2,527 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $4,674.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
75out of 100
- Purchasing power25%81
- Safety20%73
- Health care15%74
- Climate10%81
- Air quality10%97
- Connectivity10%91
- Cost10%17
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #4
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
79.9
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
29.3
New York = 100
Purchasing power
197.3
New York = 100
One person
$2,527
A month, rent included
Net salary
$4,674
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$1,328
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$76,970
2025
Growth
+2.9%
2025
Unemployment
5.5%
2025
Inflation
1.9%
2025
Life expectancy
82.3 years
2024
Internet users
100%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 60.5%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Lowest income tax rate
- 39.9%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 22%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 25%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 42%
- SourceWikipedia
- Social security, employee
- 0%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 0%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Inheritance tax
- 15%
- SourceWikipedia
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 73.2
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 26.8
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 0.8
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #14 worldwide
- 278
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #17 worldwide
- 161
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +15%
Cities in Denmark
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Aarhus | 72 | 79.9 | $1,328 | $4,602 | 208.2 | 285.3K | High confidence, 48 contributors |
| 2Aalborg | 72 | 78.1 | $899 | $4,116 | 227.0 | 142.9K | High confidence, 29 contributors |
| 3Copenhagen | 70 | 85.4 | $2,021 | $4,674 | 161.7 | 1.2M | High confidence, 151 contributors |
| 4Slagelse | 69 | 77.6 | $580 | $5,042 | 330.4 | 31.9K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 5Odense | 68 | 77.4 | $1,010 | $3,963 | 208.6 | 180.9K | High confidence, 32 contributors |
| 6Frederikshavn | 67 | 87.7 | $594 | $4,652 | 278.4 | 22.7K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 7Herning | 67 | 75.4 | $768 | $4,556 | 274.0 | 50.6K | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 8Fredericia | 67 | 65.8 | $691 | $3,225 | 219.5 | 40.9K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 9Sonderborg | 67 | 78.4 | $607 | $3,587 | 229.8 | 27.8K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 10Haderslev | 66 | 70.9 | $799 | $3,762 | 230.8 | 22K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 11Naestved | 66 | 74.9 | $1,075 | $4,914 | 255.3 | 44.3K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 12Randers | 66 | 71.0 | $768 | $3,378 | 210.6 | 62.8K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 13Billund | 66 | 74.8 | — | $4,351 | 237.0 | 6.7K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 14Silkeborg | 65 | 68.9 | $960 | $3,839 | 220.0 | 49.7K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 15Vejle | 65 | 74.1 | $929 | $3,924 | 219.7 | 60.2K | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 16Faaborg | 65 | 78.3 | $845 | $3,839 | 217.2 | 6.9K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 17Svendborg | 65 | 77.5 | $818 | $3,647 | 210.3 | 27.3K | High confidence, 21 contributors |
| 18Horsens | 65 | 72.6 | $921 | $3,609 | 205.0 | 61.1K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 19Holstebro | 65 | 76.8 | $1,086 | $4,346 | 221.8 | 32.1K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 20Kolding | 64 | 79.0 | $691 | $3,071 | 187.0 | 61.6K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 21Esbjerg | 64 | 81.6 | $1,290 | $5,170 | 235.0 | 71.7K | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 22Roskilde | 63 | 76.4 | $1,338 | $4,291 | 197.3 | 51.9K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 23Hjorring | 62 | — | $504 | — | — | 25.6K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 24Frederikssund | 62 | — | — | $2,918 | — | 16.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 25Grindsted | 62 | — | — | — | — | 9.8K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 26Frederiksberg | 62 | 80.7 | $1,946 | $5,989 | 216.7 | 95K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 27Viborg | 62 | 70.3 | $1,075 | $2,918 | 156.5 | 41.2K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 28Glostrup | 62 | 80.3 | $1,009 | $3,104 | 160.2 | 23.1K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 29Ballerup | 61 | 78.5 | $2,303 | $6,040 | 198.3 | 40K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 30Helsingor | 61 | 80.2 | $998 | $2,764 | 143.4 | 35K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 31Hillerod | 60 | 75.0 | $1,566 | $3,839 | 163.0 | 35.4K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 32Thisted | 60 | 69.5 | $698 | — | — | 13.5K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 33Vordingborg | 59 | 76.4 | $691 | — | — | 17.9K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 34Odder | 59 | 80.0 | $691 | — | — | 12.5K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 35Gribskov | 58 | 70.7 | $998 | — | — | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 36Aabenraa | 58 | 71.9 | $998 | — | — | 16.4K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 37Hvidovre | 57 | 78.0 | — | — | — | 53.5K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 38Skive | 57 | 78.4 | — | — | — | 20.2K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 39Nyborg | 57 | 77.5 | — | — | — | 17.5K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 40Assens | 57 | 78.3 | — | — | — | 6.1K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 41Brabrand | 57 | 78.0 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 42Soeborg | 57 | 78.1 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 43Ringsted | 57 | 79.8 | — | — | — | 23.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 44Slangerup | 57 | 79.8 | — | — | — | 6.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 45Lolland | 57 | 79.8 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 46Skovlunde | 57 | 79.8 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 47Nykobing Falster | 56 | 76.9 | $845 | $1,536 | 87.8 | 20K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 48Greve Strand | 55 | 131.9 | $1,075 | $2,678 | 100.2 | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 49Hellerup | 53 | 78.2 | $2,303 | — | — | — | Low confidence, 4 contributors |