{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"dk-median-income","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/dk-median-income","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/dk-median-income/","title":"Median Equivalised Net Income in Denmark (2025)","description":"Denmark's Median Equivalised Net Income: 36,192 EUR per person in 2025, +3.9% YoY, roughly 158% of the EU-27 average. 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Equivalised income adjusts household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD scale, so the figure reflects typical per-person purchasing power rather than a raw household total."},{"question":"How does Denmark's median income compare with the EU-27 average?","answer":"In 2025, Denmark's median equivalised net income of roughly 36,192 EUR was about 157.8% of the EU-27 average of approximately 22,939 EUR, a gap of around 13,253 EUR. That premium has typically been narrower than the mid-2010s peak of roughly 184.5% reached in 2014, even as Denmark's absolute income has kept climbing."},{"question":"How much has Denmark's median income grown since 2010?","answer":"Denmark's median equivalised net income rose from about 25,668 EUR in 2010 to approximately 36,192 EUR in 2025 — a cumulative gain of roughly 41.0% over 15 years. Growth was fairly steady across most of the series, dipping modestly in 2020 before rebounding to a 4.6% increase in 2021."},{"question":"Why did Denmark's income premium over the EU average narrow after 2014?","answer":"Denmark's ratio to the EU-27 average fell from a peak of roughly 184.5% in 2014 to 157.8% in 2025, a decline of about 26.7 percentage points. This likely reflects convergence among EU-27 peers, particularly central and eastern European member states, in nominal income terms even as Denmark's own income level continued to rise in absolute terms."},{"question":"Did Denmark's median income ever decline year-on-year?","answer":"Typically only briefly. Denmark's median equivalised net income eased slightly from 30,717 EUR in 2019 to 30,681 EUR in 2020, a decline of roughly 0.1%, likely reflecting pandemic-related income disruption, before rebounding by 4.6% to 32,088 EUR in 2021."}]}