Denmark vs United Kingdom: Augmented Human Development Index: with vs. without income metric

Denmark

0.8008

in 2020

United Kingdom

0.7805

in 2020

Denmark rank

11th

United Kingdom rank

13th

Augmented Human Development Index: with vs. without income metric over time

Denmark
United Kingdom

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 0.8008 against 0.7805 in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.0203.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 11th and United Kingdom ranks 13th of 162 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Augmented Human Development Index: with vs. without income metric
Source: Leandro Prados de la Escosura (2021) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 163 places, 3,421 data points, 1870–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The AHDI seeks to give a historical perspective on human development, in four dimensions: healthy life, knowledge, a decent standard of living, and civil and political freedom.