Military Spending / Denmark
Denmark Military Spending
Denmark military spending data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 2.42%.
COUNTRY: Denmark
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-08-31 05:08:12
GM ECONOMY RATING
Denmark · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
72 / 100
Good stability
Fiscal stability
13.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
17.0 / 20
External stability
8.0 / 15
Financial robustness
11.0 / 15
Structural stability
15.0 / 15
Future capacity
9.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
3.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Denmark · military spending data as percent of GDP.
Latest
2.42%
Previous
2.00%
Range avg.
1.44%
Rank
36
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CountryDenmark
IndicatorMilitary Spending
2.42%2024 · Rank 36
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Denmark recorded 2.42% for Military Spending in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.42 percentage points, from 2.00% to 2.42%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (1.44%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 1.11% in 2015 and the high was 2.42% in 2024.
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