Denmark vs Sweden: Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita
Denmark
57,740 current LCU per person
in 2025
Sweden
64,706 current LCU per person
in 2025
Denmark rank
51st
Sweden rank
49th
Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita over time
- Denmark
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 64,706 current LCU per person against 57,740 current LCU per person in Denmark, a difference of 6,966 current LCU per person.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Denmark ahead.
Denmark ranks 51st and Sweden ranks 49th of 197 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 4 and Sweden in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5,505 current LCU per person | 3,562 current LCU per person | 1,944 current LCU per person | Denmark |
| 1980s | 17,012 current LCU per person | 12,002 current LCU per person | 5,010 current LCU per person | Denmark |
| 1990s | 26,830 current LCU per person | 26,032 current LCU per person | 797.13 current LCU per person | Denmark |
| 2000s | 41,198 current LCU per person | 36,546 current LCU per person | 4,652 current LCU per person | Denmark |
| 2010s | 47,759 current LCU per person | 48,682 current LCU per person | 922.58 current LCU per person | Sweden |
| 2020s | 55,449 current LCU per person | 61,128 current LCU per person | 5,679 current LCU per person | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes less subsidies on products (current lcu), per capita, Denmark or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 64,706 current LCU per person against 57,740 current LCU per person in Denmark as of 2025.
- What is the difference in taxes less subsidies on products (current lcu), per capita between Denmark and Sweden?
- 6,966 current LCU per person, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Sweden?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
- How do Denmark and Sweden rank globally for taxes less subsidies on products (current lcu), per capita?
- Denmark ranks 51st and Sweden ranks 49th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.