Denmark

Overview

Denmark lands at #70 of 72 on the Cooked Index — 3rd Least Cooked. The clearest fault line runs through housing policy: housing cost burden (23% cost-burdened by housing) is worse than 28% of countries tracked. Economic policy isn't far behind — income inequality trails 14% of the field. And political institutions rounds out the picture: political polarization (Polarization 35/100) sits worse than 6% of countries. Same scoreboard, different departments.

Denmark scores 12 out of 100, the global median sits at 27 — so this is 15 points below that line (higher means more cooked). Performance is lopsided: housing cost burden ranks worse than 28% of countries, while billionaires hoarded (8 billionaires) is the closest thing to a bright spot — and it still only beats 49% of the field. None of this is really about Denmark specifically — it's about what's propping up the housing policy numbers underneath.

Sources: OECD Affordable Housing Database (HC1.2) (2024) · World Bank — Gini Index (SI.POV.GINI) (2018–2022) · V-Dem + Global Peace Index (2025)