Starting a business: Minimum capital in Denmark
Denmark: Starting a business: Minimum capital was 10.2% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Minimum capital in Denmark, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of income per capita.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 10.2% for starting a business: minimum capital in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 22.7% on the previous year and down 73.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: minimum capital in Denmark peaked at 49.8% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 10.2%, in 2019.
That places Denmark 27th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Minimum capital in Denmark, year by year
| Year | % of income per capita | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 49.8% | — |
| 2004 | 48.8% | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 47.0% | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 44.6% | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 40.7% | -8.7% |
| 2008 | 40.1% | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 38.6% | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 26.0% | -32.6% |
| 2011 | 25.0% | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 24.2% | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 23.9% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 14.5% | -39.3% |
| 2015 | 14.3% | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 13.9% | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 13.5% | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 13.2% | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 10.2% | -22.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.2% | 38.6% | 49.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 17.9% | 10.2% | 26.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
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)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 24,692 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3208 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.28 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: minimum capital in Denmark?
- Starting a business: minimum capital in Denmark was 10.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: minimum capital recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 49.8% in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: minimum capital recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.2% in 2019.
- How does Denmark rank for starting a business: minimum capital?
- Denmark ranks 27th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: minimum capital rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Minimum capital (% of income per capita). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The paid-in minimum capital requirement re?ects the amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a third-party before registration or up to three months after incorporation. It is calculated as percentage of income per capita. Any legal limitation of the company’s operations or decisions related to the payment of the minimum capital requirement is recorded. In case the legal minimum capital is provided per share, it is assumed 5 shareholders own the company and the legal minimum capital is multiplied by 5 shares. If an economy requires a minimum capital but allows businesses to pay only a part of it before registration, only this part is recorded.