Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Denmark
Denmark: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 97.4% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Denmark, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 97.4% for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Denmark peaked at 97.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 87.6%, in 2003.
Denmark ranks 165th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Denmark, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 87.6% | — |
| 2004 | 87.8% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 88.3% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 88.8% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 89.8% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 90.0% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 90.3% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 93.5% | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 93.7% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 94.0% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 94.0% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 96.4% | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 96.4% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 96.5% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 96.6% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 96.7% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 97.4% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 88.9% | 87.6% | 90.3% | 7 |
| 2010s | 95.5% | 93.5% | 97.4% | 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: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Denmark?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Denmark was 97.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 97.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.6% in 2003.
- How does Denmark rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Denmark ranks 165th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the paid-in minimum capital requirement benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.