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How it is governed

Denmark on the 12 axes

MLPGFree-Market CosmopolitanOpen markets, open minds, open borders for ideas.

Denmark is typed MLPG, the Free-Market Cosmopolitan. Authority is as Democratic as it gets at -1.00, with judicial constraints on the executive of 0.98 and a Liberal Democracy Index of 0.884 (2025). Next are Liberty on Security (-0.85) and Progressive Morality (-0.85). Ownership leans Private at +0.70, supported by a property rights score of 99.9 (2026). Welfare is Shared at -0.70, with government spending at 47% of GDP (IMF, 2025). Structure, Religion and Culture all sit near the centre, though Religion has an official religion in law.

Norway is the closest country at 90%, and Finland follows at 86%. Denmark leans Caution on Technology at +0.40 and has a legal ban on nuclear power. It also has a prison population of 69 per 100,000 (2024). Look through the politicians and figures ranked by closeness to Denmark here, or take the test to see your own closeness.

Laws and institutionsData 2026-10
ECONOMYSTATESOCIETYWORLDOwnershipMarketsWelfareAuthoritySecurityStructureMoralityReligionTechnologyCultureTradeForeign
Axis by axis

Where Denmark sits

  1. 01Ownership+70
    PublicPrivate
  2. 02Markets+65
    PlannedFree
  3. 03Welfare-70
    SharedSelf-reliant
  4. 04Authority-100
    DemocraticStrong leader
  5. 05Security-85
    LibertyOrder
  6. 06Structure0
    LocalCentral
  7. 07Morality-85
    ProgressiveTraditional
  8. 08Religion+5
    SecularReligious
  9. 09Technology+40
    EmbraceCaution
  10. 10Culture+10
    MulticulturalNational identity
  11. 11Trade-70
    GlobalProtected
  12. 12Foreign policy-30
    CooperationStrength

Scores come from laws, budgets and institutional indexes, not from polls or the party in power. How country profiles are built

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Denmark: questions

What is Denmark's type on the 12 axes?

Read from its laws and institutions, Denmark comes out as MLPG (Free-Market Cosmopolitan). The type takes one letter per family of three axes: Economy, State, Society and World. It describes how the country is governed, not what its people think.

Which countries are governed most like Denmark?

On the 12 axes, Norway is closest at 90%, followed by Finland at 86%. The comparison uses the same country profiles as the country match on your 12 Axes result.