Denmark — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Denmark, 1960–2025.
Inflation for Denmark was 1.89% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 15.28% in 1974. The lowest was 0.26% in 2016 (about 7.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.63% per year.
Denmark ranks 132 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 71%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.75%, so Denmark sits below it. It peaked in 1974 and has fallen 88% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 306%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 43 of 49 economies; Italy (1.53%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 342% in 2017. That is 4% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1961; grown tenfold by 1974. Doubling roughly every 110 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 42nd of 63 in 1960 → 23rd of 92 in 1970 → 65th of 106 in 1980 → 115th of 131 in 1990 → 93rd of 163 in 2000 → 120th of 186 in 2010 → 135th of 178 in 2020 → 116th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.89% | +0.5 pp |
| 2024 | 1.38% | -1.9 pp |
| 2023 | 3.31% | -4.4 pp |
| 2022 | 7.7% | +5.9 pp |
| 2021 | 1.84% | +1.4 pp |
| 2020 | 0.42% | -0.3 pp |
| 2019 | 0.74% | -0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 0.82% | -0.3 pp |
| 2017 | 1.14% | +0.9 pp |
| 2016 | 0.26% | -0.2 pp |
| 2015 | 0.47% | -0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 0.55% | -0.2 pp |
| 2013 | 0.78% | -1.6 pp |
| 2012 | 2.42% | -0.3 pp |
| 2011 | 2.75% | +0.4 pp |
| 2010 | 2.3% | +1.0 pp |
| 2009 | 1.32% | -2.1 pp |
| 2008 | 3.41% | +1.7 pp |
| 2007 | 1.71% | -0.2 pp |
| 2006 | 1.89% | +0.1 pp |
| 2005 | 1.81% | +0.6 pp |
| 2004 | 1.17% | -0.9 pp |
| 2003 | 2.08% | -0.4 pp |
| 2002 | 2.43% | +0.1 pp |
| 2001 | 2.38% | -0.5 pp |
| 2000 | 2.9% | +0.4 pp |
| 1999 | 2.5% | +0.7 pp |
| 1998 | 1.85% | -0.3 pp |
| 1997 | 2.18% | +0.1 pp |
| 1996 | 2.13% | +0.0 pp |
| 1995 | 2.08% | +0.1 pp |
| 1994 | 1.99% | +0.7 pp |
| 1993 | 1.26% | -0.8 pp |
| 1992 | 2.1% | -0.3 pp |
| 1991 | 2.4% | -0.2 pp |
| 1990 | 2.64% | -2.1 pp |
| 1989 | 4.77% | +0.2 pp |
| 1988 | 4.54% | +0.5 pp |
| 1987 | 4.02% | +0.3 pp |
| 1986 | 3.68% | -1.0 pp |
| 1985 | 4.68% | -1.6 pp |
| 1984 | 6.29% | -0.6 pp |
| 1983 | 6.91% | -3.2 pp |
| 1982 | 10.12% | -1.6 pp |
| 1981 | 11.77% | -0.5 pp |
| 1980 | 12.31% | +2.7 pp |
| 1979 | 9.61% | -0.6 pp |
| 1978 | 10.21% | -0.7 pp |
| 1977 | 10.92% | +1.9 pp |
| 1976 | 9.01% | -0.6 pp |
| 1975 | 9.61% | -5.7 pp |
| 1974 | 15.28% | +6.0 pp |
| 1973 | 9.3% | +2.7 pp |
| 1972 | 6.56% | +0.7 pp |
| 1971 | 5.87% | -0.6 pp |
| 1970 | 6.51% | +3.0 pp |
| 1969 | 3.49% | -4.5 pp |
| 1968 | 8.01% | -0.2 pp |
| 1967 | 8.21% | +1.1 pp |
| 1966 | 7.06% | +1.6 pp |
| 1965 | 5.45% | +2.4 pp |
| 1964 | 3.09% | -3.0 pp |
| 1963 | 6.11% | -1.3 pp |
| 1962 | 7.38% | +3.9 pp |
| 1961 | 3.45% | +2.2 pp |
| 1960 | 1.26% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Denmark’s Inflation in 1961?
3.45% (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Denmark’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +50.6% in total — about 0.6% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 1.89%; 2024: 1.38%; 2023: 3.31%; 2022: 7.7%; 2021: 1.84%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.