Denmark: Current account, in dollars
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| Denmark |
Current account balance, billion USD |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 51.77 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Measure | billion U.S. dollars |
| Data availability | 1975 - 2024 |
| Average | 10.02 |
| Min - Max | -4.49 - 51.77 |
| Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2024 is 51.77 billion U.S. dollars, an increase from 44.55 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 2.69 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 159 countries. Historically, the average for Denmark from 1975 to 2024 is 10.02 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, -4.49 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 1986 while the maximum of 51.77 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2024.
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Definition: Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Terms of trade | 87.60 | 2024 | percent |
| Trade openness | 129.22 | 2025 | percent |
| Financial openness | 2.290 | 2022 | index points |
| Exports, percent of GDP | 70.12 | 2025 | percent |
| Exports, billion dollars | 324.31 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Growth of exports | 3.04 | 2025 | percent |
| Imports, percent of GDP | 59.11 | 2025 | percent |
| Imports, billion dollars | 273.38 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP | 4.30 | 2024 | percent |
| Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars | 18.24 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Portfolio investment inflows, equities | 851.32 | 2024 | million dollars (current) |
| Current account, percent of GDP | 12.20 | 2024 | percent |
| Current account, in dollars | 51.77 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Current Account, quarterly | 11.85 | 3/2026 | percent |
| Trade balance, percent of GDP | 11.01 | 2025 | percent |
| Trade balance, in dollars | 43.52 | 2024 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Reserves | 127.76 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Remittances, percent of GDP | 0.36 | 2024 | percent |
| Remittances | 1,519.48 | 2024 | million U.S. dollars |
| Net errors and omissions | -15,210.21 | 2024 | million USD |
| External debt | 137.32 | 2024 | percent |
| Short-term external debt | 29.92 | 2024 | percent |
| Short-term debt to reserves | 160.91 | 2024 | percent |