Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Denmark
Data extracted in June 2018.
Planned article update: September 2019.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Explanations on this radar chart are available here.
This article is part of a set of statistical articles on Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the situation in Denmark.
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Overview
In 2017, Denmark exceeded its national targets on early school leavers and tertiary educational attainment, by 1.2 and 8.8 percentage points, respectively. With a 11.8 % reduction in primary energy consumption and a 13.6 percentage points increase in the share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption between 2008 and 2016, Denmark also surpassed its targets on energy efficiency and renewable energy. In 2016 the country was also very close to meeting its non-ETS GHG emissions target and R&D expenditure target of 3 % of GDP. The country’s employment rate in 2017 was still below the 2008 level and some distance from the national target of 80 %. Despite a steady decrease since 2014, the number of people living in households with very low work intensity — used in Denmark as a national target in the area of poverty and social exclusion — increased by 17.9 % between 2008 and 2017, pushing the country further from its national target.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Data sources
More information about the origin of the data and the calculation of indicators can be obtained via the Europe 2020 indicators dedicated website.
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Context
Europe 2020 is the EU’s agenda for jobs and growth for the current decade. It emphasises smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as a way to strengthen the EU economy and prepare its structure for the challenges of the next decade. As a main objective, the strategy strives to deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion in the Member States, while reducing the impact on the natural environment.
Direct access to
- Smarter, greener, more inclusive - indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy - 2018 edition (online publication, also downloadable as PDF file
- Towards robust quality management for European Statistics - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council COM(2011) 211 final.
- Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics