Denmark Foreign Direct Investment (% of GDP)

Money invested into Danish businesses from abroad each year (foreign direct investment), as a share of GDP.

3.7%

−1.6pp vs 2024

2025 · Annual data

Not applicable, annual data

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Foreign Direct Investment (% of GDP)

1970 to 2025

Source: World Bank BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · % of GDP, annual.

Denmark Foreign Direct Investment (% of GDP) in context

Worked out from the published series shown above.

In Denmark, the foreign direct investment fell by 1.6pp in 2025, from 5.3% in 2024.

Over the past five years it has ranged from 0.4% in 2020 to 6.9% in 2022.

Its average since 1970 is 1.7%, and the latest reading is above that.

Denmark is 9th of 40 countries in our Foreign Direct Investment by Country ranking.

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Source
World Bank
Series
BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS
Frequency
Annual
Unit
%
Seasonal adjustment
Not applicable, annual data
Latest observation
2025
Revision status
Latest published estimate, subject to revision

Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.

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