🇩🇰 Denmark Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇩🇰 Denmark DK / DNK #130

Nomad Score 62.0

Cities 12

Region European Union, Scandinavia, Nordic Countries, Tech Startup Ecosystems, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Europe, Europe, Northern Europe

Currency DKK

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 89/100

Press Freedom (2025) 86.9/100 #6

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.913

Regional Blocs EU

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 0.8/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 3.7/100k

Military Spending (2024) 2.4% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

Title	Name
Monarchy of Denmark	Frederik X
Prime Minister of Denmark	Mette Frederiksen

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 89 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 86.9 / 100

Global Rank #6 / 180

Rank Change -4 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #3 91.1

Economic #7 78.5

Legal #8 86.8

Social #13 83.9

Safety #8 94.4

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.913

Liberal 0.884

Participatory 0.700

Deliberative 0.867

Egalitarian 0.876

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	86.9	6	91.1	78.5	86.8	83.9	94.4
2024	89.6	2	94.1	83.1	88.8	86.9	95.1
2023	89.5	3	92.0	85.2	87.5	87.8	95.0
2022	90.3	2	94.3	83.7	89.2	91.2	93.0
2021	91.4	4	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	91.9	3	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	90.1	5	-	-	-	-	93.1
2018	86.0	9	-	-	-	-	55.0
2017	89.6	4	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	91.1	4	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	91.8	3	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	92.6	7	-	-	-	-	-
2013	92.9	6	-	-	-	-	-
2012	-5.7	11	-	-	-	-	-
2010	2.5	11	-	-	-	-	-
2009	0.0	1	-	-	-	-	-
2008	3.5	14	-	-	-	-	-
2007	2.0	8	-	-	-	-	-
2006	5.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
2005	0.5	1	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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