Denmark
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| Denmark | |
 Flag of Denmark | |
| Population (In Millions) | 5.55 |
| Human Development Index | 16/169 |
| Gross Domestic Product (In USD Billions - World Bank) | 311.99 |
| Global Peace Index | 4/153 |
| Happy Planet Index | 105/143 |
| Social Institutions and Gender Index | - /102 |
| Environmental Performance Index | 32/163 |
| Child Mortality Rate | 3.3 |
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Contents |
Main Progress Initiatives
Sustainable Development Indicators based on National Accounts
Read the proposal for SESAME, the System of Economic and Social Accounting Matrices and Extensions
Denmark's National Strategy for Sustainable Development
Published in 2002, it focuses on eight objectives and principles: The welfare society must be developed and economic growth must be decoupled from environmental impacts.
- There must be a safe and healthy environment for everyone, and we must maintain a high level of protection.
- We must secure a high degree of biodiversity and protect ecosystems.
- Resources must be used more efficiently.
- We must take action at an international level.
- Environmental considerations must be taken into account in all sectors.
- The market must support sustainable development.
- Sustainable development is a shared responsibility, and we must measure progress.
Official Statistics
Happiness in Denmark
This is an overview of findings on Happiness in Denmark.The available findings are presented in the latest ‘Nation Report’ on Denmark [1]. This report is ordered by type of happiness questions and within these types by year. This ordering is to facilitate the assessment of progress, comparison over time being most fruitful using the same questions.
The report presents means and standard deviations, both on the original scale range and transformed to a common range 0-10. The means inform about the level of happiness in the country and the standard deviations about inequality of happiness.
Links provide more detail about the precise text of the question, the full distribution of responses and technical details of the survey. The report is continuously updated.
Progress Papers and Publications
- Denmark — SD Priorities
- Denmark's National Strategy for Sustainable Development
- Case Study Paper : What Trade-off Between Knowledge-Based growth and the Environment?, 2006, Anders Hoffmann and Hesham Morten Gabr, FORA (Ministry of Economics and Business Affairs’ Division for Research and, Denmark
- Sustainable Development Indicators Based on National Accounts, 2004, Ismir Mulalic, Thomas Olsen, Statistics Denmark, Denmark.
- Benchmarking Innovation Policy and Innovation Framework Conditions, 2004, Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, Centre for Economic and Business Research (FORA), Denmark.
- Key Indicators 2003: Denmark's National Strategy for Sustainable Development A shared Future Balanced Development, 2003, Ministry of the Environment, Danish Environmental Protection Agency, Denmark.
- Nature & Environment - Selected Indicators: Sustainable Production an Consumption Patterns, 2003, Danish Ministry of the Environment, Denmark
- Investing in Denmark's Future, 2001, Ministry of Finance, Denmark.
- Structural Monitoring: International Benchmarking of Denmark, 2000, Ministry of Finance, Denmark.
