Denmark vs United Kingdom: Prosperity gap

Denmark

0.7729

in 2023

United Kingdom

0.8854

in 2021

Denmark rank

105th

United Kingdom rank

102nd

Prosperity gap over time

United Kingdom currently reports 0.8854 against 0.7729 in Denmark, a difference of 0.1125.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 105th and United Kingdom ranks 102nd of 120 countries.

Indicator: Prosperity gap
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average factor by which incomes need to be multiplied to bring everyone to the prosperity standard of $28 per person per day.