Inflation in Denmark
Inflation in Denmark was 2.2% in September 2026, according to Statistics Denmark.
So far this year (January–September 2026), prices are 1.5% higher than in the same months of 2025. For 2025 as a whole, inflation was 1.9%.
Over the ten years from 2015 to 2025, prices rose by 21.1% in total, an average of 1.9% a year.
Inflation in Denmark by year
Annual inflation is the change in the average price level from the year before. The last column shows what DKK 100 in each year is worth in 2025.
| Year | Inflation | DKK 100 is worth in 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sept) | 1.5% | – |
| 2025 | 1.9% | DKK 100 |
| 2024 | 1.4% | DKK 102 |
| 2023 | 3.3% | DKK 103 |
| 2022 | 7.7% | DKK 107 |
| 2021 | 1.9% | DKK 115 |
| 2020 | 0.4% | DKK 117 |
| 2019 | 0.8% | DKK 118 |
| 2018 | 0.8% | DKK 118 |
| 2017 | 1.1% | DKK 119 |
| 2016 | 0.3% | DKK 121 |
| 2015 | 0.5% | DKK 121 |
| 2014 | 0.6% | DKK 122 |
| 2013 | 0.8% | DKK 122 |
| 2012 | 2.4% | DKK 123 |
| 2011 | 2.8% | DKK 126 |
| 2010 | 2.3% | DKK 130 |
| 2009 | 1.3% | DKK 133 |
| 2008 | 3.4% | DKK 134 |
| 2007 | 1.7% | DKK 139 |
| 2006 | 1.9% | DKK 141 |
Show every year back to 1901
| 2005 | 1.8% | DKK 144 |
| 2004 | 1.2% | DKK 147 |
| 2003 | 2.1% | DKK 148 |
| 2002 | 2.4% | DKK 151 |
| 2001 | 2.4% | DKK 155 |
| 2000 | 2.9% | DKK 159 |
| 1999 | 2.5% | DKK 163 |
| 1998 | 1.8% | DKK 168 |
| 1997 | 2.2% | DKK 171 |
| 1996 | 2.1% | DKK 174 |
| 1995 | 2.1% | DKK 178 |
| 1994 | 2.0% | DKK 182 |
| 1993 | 1.2% | DKK 185 |
| 1992 | 2.1% | DKK 188 |
| 1991 | 2.4% | DKK 192 |
| 1990 | 2.6% | DKK 196 |
| 1989 | 4.8% | DKK 201 |
| 1988 | 4.5% | DKK 211 |
| 1987 | 4.0% | DKK 221 |
| 1986 | 3.7% | DKK 229 |
| 1985 | 4.7% | DKK 238 |
| 1984 | 6.3% | DKK 249 |
| 1983 | 6.9% | DKK 265 |
| 1982 | 10.1% | DKK 283 |
| 1981 | 11.7% | DKK 312 |
| 1980 | 12.3% | DKK 348 |
| 1979 | 9.6% | DKK 391 |
| 1978 | 10.0% | DKK 429 |
| 1977 | 11.1% | DKK 472 |
| 1976 | 9.0% | DKK 524 |
| 1975 | 9.6% | DKK 571 |
| 1974 | 15.3% | DKK 626 |
| 1973 | 9.3% | DKK 722 |
| 1972 | 6.7% | DKK 789 |
| 1971 | 5.9% | DKK 841 |
| 1970 | 6.5% | DKK 890 |
| 1969 | 3.5% | DKK 948 |
| 1968 | 8.0% | DKK 982 |
| 1967 | 7.4% | DKK 1,060 |
| 1966 | 6.9% | DKK 1,138 |
| 1965 | 6.4% | DKK 1,216 |
| 1964 | 3.7% | DKK 1,293 |
| 1963 | 5.2% | DKK 1,341 |
| 1962 | 6.5% | DKK 1,412 |
| 1961 | 4.5% | DKK 1,503 |
| 1960 | 2.3% | DKK 1,571 |
| 1959 | 2.0% | DKK 1,608 |
| 1958 | 1.0% | DKK 1,639 |
| 1957 | 1.2% | DKK 1,655 |
| 1956 | 5.1% | DKK 1,675 |
| 1955 | 6.8% | DKK 1,760 |
| 1954 | 1.8% | DKK 1,879 |
| 1953 | -0.7% | DKK 1,914 |
| 1952 | 2.3% | DKK 1,900 |
| 1951 | 11.7% | DKK 1,945 |
| 1950 | 9.1% | DKK 2,173 |
| 1949 | 2.3% | DKK 2,370 |
| 1948 | 2.7% | DKK 2,425 |
| 1947 | 2.8% | DKK 2,490 |
| 1946 | -0.6% | DKK 2,559 |
| 1945 | 0.9% | DKK 2,544 |
| 1944 | 2.2% | DKK 2,567 |
| 1943 | 1.0% | DKK 2,624 |
| 1942 | 3.3% | DKK 2,649 |
| 1941 | 14.7% | DKK 2,735 |
| 1940 | 24.9% | DKK 3,136 |
| 1939 | 2.9% | DKK 3,917 |
| 1938 | 1.0% | DKK 4,030 |
| 1937 | 3.5% | DKK 4,070 |
| 1936 | 1.0% | DKK 4,214 |
| 1935 | 4.3% | DKK 4,257 |
| 1934 | 3.9% | DKK 4,438 |
| 1933 | 2.3% | DKK 4,609 |
| 1932 | -0.6% | DKK 4,714 |
| 1931 | -5.3% | DKK 4,687 |
| 1930 | -5.1% | DKK 4,438 |
| 1929 | -0.5% | DKK 4,214 |
| 1928 | -0.5% | DKK 4,192 |
| 1927 | -3.4% | DKK 4,172 |
| 1926 | -15.2% | DKK 4,030 |
| 1925 | -2.8% | DKK 3,419 |
| 1924 | 5.9% | DKK 3,324 |
| 1923 | 3.9% | DKK 3,520 |
| 1922 | -14.9% | DKK 3,659 |
| 1921 | -14.9% | DKK 3,113 |
| 1920 | 19.3% | DKK 2,649 |
| 1919 | 18.4% | DKK 3,160 |
| 1918 | 16.8% | DKK 3,741 |
| 1917 | 15.8% | DKK 4,368 |
| 1916 | 17.9% | DKK 5,056 |
| 1915 | 17.6% | DKK 5,959 |
| 1914 | 2.6% | DKK 7,011 |
| 1913 | 2.7% | DKK 7,192 |
| 1912 | 3.7% | DKK 7,383 |
| 1911 | 0.0% | DKK 7,654 |
| 1910 | 0.9% | DKK 7,654 |
| 1909 | 0.9% | DKK 7,725 |
| 1908 | 0.9% | DKK 7,797 |
| 1907 | 2.9% | DKK 7,871 |
| 1906 | 1.0% | DKK 8,100 |
| 1905 | 0.0% | DKK 8,179 |
| 1904 | 1.0% | DKK 8,179 |
| 1903 | 0.0% | DKK 8,260 |
| 1902 | 1.0% | DKK 8,260 |
| 1901 | 0.0% | DKK 8,343 |
Highest and lowest inflation
The highest annual inflation since 1901 was 24.9% in 1940. The largest fall in prices was 15.2% in 1926. Prices last fell in 1953, by 0.7%.
About the figures
Statistics Denmark's consumer price index (table PRIS01), which goes back to 1900. The figures are annual averages of the consumer price index from Statistics Denmark, and are updated automatically when new figures are published.
Source: Statistics Denmark
Inflation in other countries
| Country | Latest month | This year so far | Latest year | 10-year average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6% (Sept 2026) | 3.1% | 3.5% (2025) | 3.3% | |
| 5.3% (Oct 2026) | 3.3% | 2.5% (2025) | 3.0% | |
| 3.8% (Sept 2026) | 2.8% | 2.1% (2025) | 2.6% | |
| 3.4% (Oct 2026) | 2.0% | 0.9% (2025) | 1.9% | |
| 3.3% (Sept 2026) | 2.6% | 2.2% (2025) | 2.6% | |
| 4.1% (Sept 2026) | 3.4% | 2.2% (2025) | 2.2% | |
| 5.4% (Oct 2026) | 2.9% | 1.5% (2025) | 2.1% | |
| 3.4% (Sept 2026) | 3.0% | 3.3% (2025) | 3.0% | |
| 3.4% (Sept 2026) | 3.2% | 3.0% (2025) | 3.3% | |
| 4.0% (Sept 2026) | 2.9% | 3.6% (2025) | 4.6% | |
| 4.9% (Sept 2026) | 3.4% | 2.7% (2025) | 2.4% | |
| 1.1% (Sept 2026) | 0.5% | 0.7% (2025) | 2.9% | |
| 3.4% (Sept 2026) | 3.0% | 3.4% (2025) | 3.3% | |
| 3.7% (Sept 2026) | 3.4% | 2.6% (2025) | 3.1% |