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Denmark: prices

Denmark's prices figures from Eurostat, set against the other EU states. Every figure links to the table it was read from; where Eurostat publishes nothing for Denmark, the page says so.

Consumer price inflation: Denmark is the joint 23rd highest of the 27 EU member states (2025).

all items, annual average change: 1.8% for Denmark, against 2.5% for the EU as a whole.

Denmark against the EU

Each measure with the states ranked next to it. The latest year with a published figure is used.

Consumer price inflation

all items, annual average change

Denmark: 1.8% in 2025, against 2.5% for the EU as a whole — the joint 23rd highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Consumer price inflation: Denmark and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
21Portugal2.2%
22Ireland2.1%
joint 23Denmark1.8%
joint 23Finland1.8%
25Italy1.7%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)2.5%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 8.5% in 2022. Lowest: 0.0% in 2016.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 3.4%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 3* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Food prices

annual average change

Denmark: 4.9% in 2025, against 3.3% for the EU as a whole — the 7th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Food prices: Denmark and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
5Slovenia5.5%
6Croatia5.3%
7Denmark4.9%
joint 8Lithuania4.5%
joint 8Poland4.5%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)3.3%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 11.5% in 2022. Lowest: -1.0% in 2004.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 5.4%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 8* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Housing and utilities prices

annual average change

Denmark: 1.6% in 2025, against 2.8% for the EU as a whole — the 19th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Housing and utilities prices: Denmark and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
17Lithuania2.2%
18Estonia2.1%
19Denmark1.6%
joint 20Germany1.1%
joint 20Italy1.1%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)2.8%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 16.0% in 2022. Lowest: -3.1% in 2023.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 4.0%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 5* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Household energy prices

electricity, gas and heating fuel, annual average change

Denmark: -2.5% in 2025, against 1.4% for the EU as a whole — the 23rd highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Household energy prices: Denmark and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
joint 21Germany-2.1%
joint 21Slovenia-2.1%
23Denmark-2.5%
24Finland-3.1%
25Czechia-3.4%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)1.4%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 47.8% in 2022. Lowest: -15.2% in 2023.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 7.9%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 6* of 24* years with a figure for both (2002–2025).

Transport prices

annual average change

Denmark: 0.5% in 2025, against 0.7% for the EU as a whole — the 16th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Transport prices: Denmark and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
joint 13Ireland0.6%
joint 13Sweden0.6%
16Denmark0.5%
joint 17Finland0.0%
joint 17Latvia0.0%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)0.7%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 10.5% in 2022. Lowest: -1.7% in 2009.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 3.3%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 5* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

House prices

annual change in the house price index

Denmark: 7.5% in 2025, the joint 11th highest of the 26 EU states with a figure for 2025.

House prices: Denmark and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
9Netherlands8.5%
10Latvia7.6%
joint 11Denmark7.5%
joint 11Ireland7.5%
13Slovenia7.3%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)no figure published
  • Published from 2006 to 2025. Highest: 24.1% in 2006. Lowest: -12.0% in 2009.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 4.7%*.

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The counts on this page are published by Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union) and are reproduced unchanged. Humanity Observatory has additionally derived the following from them:

  • A country's rank among the 27 EU states for a measure, computed by sorting the published per-country figures.
  • The highest and lowest point of the country's own published annual series.
  • The average of the country's latest published annual figures (up to five years).
  • The number of years in which the country's figure was above the EU figure for the same year.

Source: Eurostat. Reuse terms.

* Calculated by Humanity Observatory from published figures.

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