Net worth percentile in Denmark

The median adult
kr 1.4m≈ $220,000

Half of Denmark holds less; assets minus debts

Top 10% begins at
kr 8.1m≈ $1,300,000
One adult in ten holds more
Top 1% begins at
kr 28.9m≈ $4,600,000
21× the median adult
0255075100kr 100kkr 1mkr 10mkr 100m SHARE OF ADULTS AT OR BELOW Bottom 10%kr 316.2kTop 10%kr 8.1mTop 1%kr 28.9m Median, kr 1.4m 050100kr 1mkr 10m Top 1%kr 28.9m Median, kr 1.4m

Share of adults at or below each net worth in Denmark (2026 figures, log scale), the median marked. Type your own number into the full tool to place yourself.

In Denmark the median adult holds kr 1.4m in net worth, the top 10% begins at kr 8.1m and the top 1% at kr 28.9m.

The ladder in Denmark

The median adult in Denmark holds kr 1.4m; reaching the top 10% takes kr 8.1m, and the top 1% begins at kr 28.9m; a gap of 21× between the middle and the top line.

21× the medianhow far the top 1% line sits above the middle
#4 of 30where this median ranks among measured countries, at held rates

The full ladder

Every published line for Denmark, in DKK.

The lineIn DKK
Bottom 10%kr 316k≈ $50,000
Bottom 25%kr 682k≈ $110,000
Mediankr 1.6m≈ $250,000
Top 25%kr 3.8m≈ $590,000
Top 10%kr 8.1m≈ $1,300,000
Top 5%kr 12.8m≈ $2,000,000
Top 1%kr 28.9m≈ $4,600,000
Top 0.1%kr 92.2m≈ $15,000,000

Peers by median

Converted to USD at held rates, so the four nearest countries sit on one scale.

Hong Kong$222k New Zealand$208k Belgium$254k Switzerland$182k

Questions people ask

What is the median net worth in Denmark?
About kr 1.4m per adult (2026 figures, published by UBS): assets minus debts, couples split equally. Half of adults hold less.
What net worth puts you in the top 10% in Denmark?
About kr 8.1m per adult. The top 1% begins at kr 28.9m, roughly 21 times the median adult's holding in Denmark.
Is this household or individual wealth?
Individual, per adult, couples split equally: household figures run higher. The calculator places any number you type on this same curve.
Where do the figures come from?
The fitted national wealth distribution (lognormal body, Pareto tail) built on the World Inequality Database, published by UBS for the median. The full tool draws the same curve for 216 countries.

Method and sources

  • World Inequality DatabasePer-adult net wealth distributions
  • UBS Global Wealth ReportPublished medians, where available
The computation

The same fitted distribution the net worth percentile tool draws for Denmark, read at the published percentile points; the median is published by UBS.

What these figures do not cover
  • Per-adult wealth, couples split equally.
  • Figures in DKK. 2026 figures, indexed from the 2024 measured base with published per-country growth.

Last updated July 2026.

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