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2024
global knowledge index
Denmark
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):428.385
- Population:5,948,137
- HDI:0.952
4/141
Gki
Score
66.8
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Denmark is a leading performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 4th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 4th out of the 59 countries with very high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Firms producing new products and services (%)
- Entrepreneurial employee activity rate
- Control of corruption
- Secure Internet servers per 1 million population
- Rule of law
Areas of Improvement
- Ecological footprint per capita
- Proportion of skilled production workers
- Enrolment in vocational education, gender parity
- Researchers in higher education (%)
- Printing and publishing output (% manufactured output)
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
28
76.99
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
37
57.67
Higher
Education
11
60.59
Research, Development
and Innovation
7
52
Information and
Communications Technology
5
73.57
Economy
3
74.84
Enabling
Environment
6
83.27
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GKI Pillars
