Global: Ease of doing business score in Denmark
Denmark: Global: Ease of doing business score was 85.29 DB17-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat
Global: Ease of doing business score in Denmark, 2015–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB17-20 methodology.
Analysis
The most recent figure for global: ease of doing business score in Denmark is 85.29 DB17-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.9% over five years.
Denmark ranks 4th of 188 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Countries ranked near Denmark
- 1 Djibouti 60.5 DB17-20 methodology compare
- 1 New Zealand 86.76 DB17-20 methodology compare
- 2 Singapore 86.2 DB17-20 methodology compare
- 3 Hong Kong 85.32 DB17-20 methodology compare
- 5 South Korea 84 DB17-20 methodology compare
- 6 United States 84 DB17-20 methodology compare
- 7 Georgia 83.73 DB17-20 methodology compare
More private sector data for Denmark
- Merchandise trade 61.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.6% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 75.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 136.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 17.1% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 73.9% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 148.38 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 128.42 billion current US$ (2024)
- Transport services 39.8% (2024)
- Computer, communications and other services 48.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is global: ease of doing business score in Denmark?
- Global: ease of doing business score in Denmark was 85.29 DB17-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest global: ease of doing business score recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 85.29 DB17-20 methodology in 2019.
- What is the lowest global: ease of doing business score recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.51 DB17-20 methodology in 2015.
- How does Denmark rank for global: ease of doing business score?
- Denmark ranks 4th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Global: Ease of doing business score (DB17-20 methodology). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The ease of doing business score is the simple average of the scores for each of the Doing Business topics: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies for topics that underwent methodology updates.