Performance Overview
DENMARK is a cut above the rest when it comes to the People (1st) pillar, where it is one of the top 5 countries in all three sub-pillars: Individuals (5th), Businesses (2nd), and Governments (3rd). The country is also in the top 10 in the pillars related to Impact (6th) and Governance (10th). With respect to the former, its strong performance in Quality of Life (5th) is offset by somewhat lower rankings in the sub-pillars related to Economy (11th) and SDG Contribution (16th). As for the latter, it ranks in the top 10 in each sub-pillar (Trust, 4th; Regulation, 9th; Inclusion, 10th). Content (8th) is Denmark’s best- performing sub-pillar when it comes to Technology (11th), while the somewhat weaker performances in the other two sub-pillars—Access (13th) and Future Technologies (11th)—mean that it finds itself outside the top 10 in this dimension.

1. Mobile tariffs | 77.33 | 31 |
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita) | 67.49 | 20 |
3. Households with internet acccess | 96.8 | 8 |
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 100 | 1 |
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions) | 93.95 | 22 |
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 71.32 | 40 |
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | 100 | 1 |
1. Digital participation | n/a | n/a |
2. Mobile apps development | 91.56 | 7 |
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property | 12.24 | 12 |
1. Availability of latest technologies | 85.34 | 18 |
2. Company investment in emerging technology | 74.95 | 14 |
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products | 50.29 | 34 |
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 59.56 | 16 |
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 54.55 | 8 |
6. Robot density | 70.85 | 7 |
1. Medium and high-tech industry | 69.29 | 8 |
2. High-tech exports | 26.49 | 31 |
3. PCT patent applications | 63.1 | 7 |
4. Labour productivity per employee | 58.66 | 18 |
1. Happiness | 95.64 | 2 |
2. Freedom to make life choices | 94.21 | 12 |
3. Income inequality | 91.58 | 14 |
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 83.88 | 24 |
1. Access to basic services | 99.73 | 14 |
2. Pollution | 95.04 | 14 |
3. Road safety | 95.94 | 7 |
4. Reading proficiency in schools | 98.15 | 10 |
5. Maths proficiency in schools | 81.69 | 13 |
5. Use of clean fuels and technology | 100 | 1 |
1. Internet users | 97.76 | 6 |
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 53.56 | 10 |
3. Use of virtual social networks | 70.89 | 21 |
5. Tertiary enrolment | 58.77 | 18 |
5. Adult literacy rate | n/a | n/a |
6. ICT skills | 89.9 | 5 |
1. Firms with website | 99.93 | 2 |
2. Internet shopping | 100 | 1 |
3. Professionals | 70.36 | 4 |
4. Technicians and associate professionals | 76.22 | 12 |
5. Extent of staff training | 82.06 | 8 |
6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 50.75 | 9 |
1. Government online services | 100 | 1 |
2. Publication and use of open data | 70.52 | 13 |
3.ICT use and government efficiency | 67.7 | 24 |
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 100 | 1 |
1. Rule of law | 95.14 | 8 |
2. Software piracy rate | 93.24 | 8 |
3. Secure Internet servers | 100 | 1 |
4. Cybersecurity | 91.34 | 23 |
5. Online trust and safety | 64.99 | 48 |
1. Regulatory quality | 88.35 | 13 |
2. Ease of doing business | 97.39 | 4 |
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models | 64.53 | 24 |
4. E-commerce legislation | 100 | 1 |
5. Social safety net protection | 99.2 | 2 |
6. ICT regulatory environment | 88.81 | 42 |
1. E-Participation | 100 | 1 |
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 99.79 | 2 |
3. Availability of local online content | 73.45 | 30 |
4. Gender gap in internet use | 66.18 | 24 |
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 76.53 | 18 |