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Volunteers and charity

How many do voluntary work?, Note: Below, we provide links to Statistics Denmark and others who make statistics on the subject. In some instances, the sources reffered to below have content in Danish only or limited content in English., The latest Cultural Habits Survey from 2024 by Statistics Denmark’s  includes questions about voluntary work. The tables are broken down by frequency, sex, age and domain in which the voluntary work is performed. See the table , KV2FR1, in StatBank Denmark for frequency and the table , KV2FR2,  by area of work, and , LABY58,  broken down by municipality groups., In the annual publication ", Kultur, " (in Danish) there is a chapter on voluntary work., Statistics Denmark’s survey about participation in voluntary work in 2015 is available in our news series ", Nyt fra Danmarks Statistik, “ (in Danish)., An article from Statistics Denmark’s journalistic series , Bag tallene, (in Danish) from 2019 is it examined in which domains the population is doing voluntary work., The Danish Institute for Voluntary Effort,  is a national centre for development, competences and knowledge for volunteering in the social welfare sector. Since 2010, it has published a report on volunteering – , Frivilligrapporten, (in Danish). The latest issue of the report is ", Det frivillige sociale engagement i Danmark. Frivilligrapport 2019-2021, "., The National Council for Volunteering, has surveys and news (in Danish) on voluntary work and organisations., At the website of the Ministry of Culture Denmark, you will find the survey ", Danskernes kulturvaner 2012, " (in Danish) on the cultural habits of Danes. Chapter 8.4 is about voluntary work., VIVE - the Danish Center for Social Science Research has published the report ", Frivillighedsundersøgelsen 2024, " (in Danish), which looks into the development in the Danes’ voluntary work. VIVE has previously published ", Ældres Frivillige Arbejde, " (in Danish), which examines volunteering among the elderly in the period 1997-2017., SFI, now VIVE, published the report ", Udviklingen i frivilligt arbejde 2004-2012, " (in Danish) mapping volunteering in Denmark 2012 and comparing it with the first survey from 2004., Each year, , Deloitte and the association of fundraising organisations ISOBRO, make an analysis (in Danish) of the development in the revenues of Danish fundraising organisations., [This page was last reviewed in July 2025]

https://www.dst.dk/en/informationsservice/oss/frivillige

Ghana and Morocco advance in Open Data

Both countries have made significant strides in enhancing their ODIN scores., 27 May 2025 12:00 , By , Klaus Munch Haagensen, Between 2020 and 2024, both Ghana and Morocco have made significant strides in enhancing their Open Data Inventory (ODIN) scores, reflecting their commitment to data transparency and accessibility. We use ODIN as a supplementary measure to track progress in our Strategic Sector Cooperation projects and to identify new areas to work on. You can read more about our Strategic Sector Cooperation (SSC) projects in Ghana and Morocco here:, Ghana, Morocco, The SSCs are financed by the Danish Ministyry of Foreign Affairs.,  , Facts about ODIN, The Open Data Inventory (ODIN) is developed by Open Data Watch, an international non-profit organization dedicated to improving the availability and openness of official statistics worldwide. ODIN assesses the coverage and openness of official statistics to identify gaps, promote open data policies, and improve access to data. You can read more about ODIN here: , https://odin.opendatawatch.com/,  , Ghana, : ODIN score increased from 39 to 54, elevating its overall global rank from 143, rd, to 107, th, . Significant advancements were observed in data coverage, particularly in economic and environmental statistics. In Ghana the progress is very much related to the launch of the StatsBank -https://statsbank.statsghana.gov.gh/ which has greatly improved access to data from 2023 and onwards. Despite improvements, challenges persist in data coverage, particularly in environmental and health statistics., Morocco, : ODIN score rose from 65 to 77, moving up to the overall rank as 25, th, globally from numer 41, st, . Improvements were most profound in data openness, supported by digital transformation initiatives and enhanced dissemination platforms. While Morocco has advanced in data openness, there is a need to improve the availability of disaggregated data, especially in health, gender and food security and nutrition statistics. Although there has been efforts to improve documentation and metadata, strengthening metadata documentation even more would definitely also enhance data usability., These improvements highlight focused efforts in enhancing data coverage and openness, contributing to better-informed decision-making and governance.

https://www.dst.dk/en/consulting/news-from-international-consulting/2025/27-05-2025-Ghana-and-Morocco-Advance-In-Open-Data

Old-age pensioners and disability pensioners

How many recipients of old-age pension and disability pension live in Denmark? And what does the average public pension amount to?

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/sociale-forhold/offentligt-forsoergede/folke-og-foertidspensionister

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Mining and quarrying

How many and what type of raw materials does Denmark extract from the underground and from the sea?

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/erhvervsliv/industri/raastofindvinding

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Danish-owned foreign affiliates

How many Danish-controlled affiliates are abroad? How many employees are working in these companies?

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/erhvervsliv/internationale-virksomheder/danske-datterselskaber-i-udlandet

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Productivity

What is the productivity trend of the Danish economy? In which industries is labour productivity increasing, stagnating or decreasing?

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/oekonomi/nationalregnskab/produktivitet

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Labour costs

How much do corporations and organisations in various industries spend on labour costs?

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/erhvervsliv/erhvervslivets-oekonomi/virksomheders-arbejdsomkostninger

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Upper secondary education status of young people

How many young people are enrolled in general and vocational upper secondary education, and how many have none?

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/uddannelse-og-forskning/befolkningens-uddannelsesstatus/unges-status-paa-ungdomsuddannelser

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Harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP)

What is the inflation rate in Denmark compared to other EU countries? HICP follows the development in consumer prices and allows for international comparison.

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/oekonomi/prisindeks/eu-harmoniseret-forbrugerprisindeks-hicp

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Employees

How many employees are there in Denmark, and how is the distribution of employees by industry and sector?

https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/arbejde-og-indkomst/beskaeftigelse-og-arbejdsloeshed/loenmodtagere

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