Denmark

Denmark is ranked 6th overall on the Index and achieves very high scores for many indicators.

Summary chart of Denmark's scores in the 2019 InCiSE index. GBR NZL CAN FIN AUS NOR NLD SWE KOR USA EST CHE IRL AUT FRA ESP BEL DEU LTU MEX CHL LVA JPN ITA SVN ISR POL ISL CZE PRT TUR SVK HRV BGR ROU GRC HUN DNK InCiSE 0.84 0.52 Capabilities Crisis and risk management Digital services Fiscal and financial management HR management Inclusiveness Integrity Openness Policy making Procurement Regulation Tax administration

Denmark is ranked 2nd for four indicators – policy making, procurement, openness and digital services. It is ranked 3rd for integrity and capabilities. Within the policy making indicator, Denmark achieves the maximum score for the metrics assessing strategic planning, the extent to which academic advice influences policy decisions, and policy monitoring issues.

On openness, Denmark performs very strongly across the theme assessing the degree of consultation with society on policy issues, including achieving maximum scores for two out of three metrics. Denmark achieves the maximum score for six of the digital services metrics, suggesting a strong investment in this core function.

The main indicators where Denmark’s scores are less strong relative to other countries are crisis and risk management and inclusiveness. Both overall scores are below average and metric scores vary widely.

Cross-referencing note

This content was presented as section 4.9 in the original 2019 publication.