Wealth and income percentiles in Denmark
How much net worth or income does it take to be in the top 10% or top 1% in Denmark? Model estimates for 4.7 million adults aged 20+, reference level 2025.
Net worth thresholds in Denmark
Net worth is private assets (property, deposits, securities, business ownership) minus debt, per adult. Thresholds show the minimum net worth needed to belong to each group.
| Group of adults | Threshold, DKK | Threshold, USD |
|---|---|---|
| Median (top 50%) | DKK 904,000 | USD 142,000 |
| Top 10% | DKK 6,560,000 | USD 1,030,000 |
| Top 5% | DKK 8,700,000 | USD 1,370,000 |
| Top 1% | DKK 23,500,000 | USD 3,700,000 |
| Top 0.1% | DKK 86,300,000 | USD 13,600,000 |
| Average (mean) | DKK 2,950,000 | USD 465,000 |
Income thresholds in Denmark
Income is a harmonized pre-tax economic income per adult used for cross-country comparison. It is broader than wages and includes capital income, pensions and some imputed components.
| Group of adults | Threshold, DKK | Threshold, USD |
|---|---|---|
| Median (top 50%) | DKK 398,000 | USD 62,500 |
| Top 10% | DKK 790,000 | USD 124,000 |
| Top 5% | DKK 1,170,000 | USD 184,000 |
| Top 1% | DKK 2,950,000 | USD 464,000 |
| Top 0.1% | DKK 10,900,000 | USD 1,720,000 |
| Average (mean) | DKK 559,000 | USD 87,900 |
Denmark in a global context
Denmark has 0.08% of the world’s adults. About 48.2% of them are in the world’s top 10% by net worth and 7.2% are in the global top 1%. By income, the shares are 76.5% and 5.5%.
The median adult in Denmark is in the global top 11.0% by net worth and the global top 6.1% by income. Denmark is home to about 0.61% of the world’s top 1% by net worth.
Data quality and sources
Scores run from 1 (strong direct national source coverage) to 5 (mainly modelled).
| Measure | Score | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Net worth | 3 | Statistics Denmark publishes direct 2024 wealth/debt data and details on extreme values and the upper tail. This is the strongest wealth track in the model for Denmark. |
| Income | 3 | The income anchors are based on CEPOS calculations using Danish person-level registers from Statistics Denmark. The evidence is register-based and detailed, but the implemented series is not a direct official Statistics Denmark table. |
- Denmarks Statistik: Wealth and gaeld 2024
- Statistics Denmark: extreme values in wealth statistics, corrected 11 February 2026
- CEPOS: Danish gross-income thresholds, 15 July 2026
Amounts are converted at fixed exchange rates of 2025-12-31; they do not adjust for purchasing power. Thresholds in the extreme top are modelled and uncertain.
Frequently asked questions
How much net worth do you need to be in the top 1% in Denmark?
About DKK 23,500,000 in net worth (assets minus debt) per adult, according to the WealthPercentile model for 2025. The top 10% starts at about DKK 6,560,000.
What is the median income in Denmark?
The median adult in Denmark has a broad pre-tax economic income of about DKK 398,000 a year. This measure is broader than wages: it includes capital income and some imputed components, so it is higher than a typical payslip.
How many adults in Denmark are in the global top 1%?
About 7.2% of adults in Denmark are in the world’s top 1% by net worth, and 5.5% by income.
How reliable are these numbers?
They are model estimates. The data-quality score for Denmark is 3/5 for net worth and 3/5 for income, where 1 means strong direct source coverage and 5 means mainly modelled.