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Comment by incomingpain

I've heard this a few times before. Admittedly I'm not that familiar with Denmark. Lets check out the livability.

GDP is okish; has signs of foreign influence or some sort of financial crisis.

2.5% unemployment is fantastic. 75% participation and steadily climbing, elderly going back to work?

https://www.populationpyramid.net/denmark/2020/

Wow, only 5 million people? Toronto has more people. Though yes elderly going back to work.

Central bank is very healthy.

Interest rates went negative a little bit. Seemingly 0% typically? Hence the elderly going back to work.

Their government didnt print a bunch of money?

~250% private debt to gdp is high, housing crisis?

excellent balance of trade.

!!! government debt to gdp is below 30% holy smokes!

Big boost to military spending

Household debts to gdp below 100%, but not by much. That's ok.

60% housing ownership isnt great. Housing bubble crashing most likely with high private debt to gdp, high rates. Likely priced their own people out of the market; forcing the bubble to crash.

55% personal income tax rate? Yikes! 25% sales tax, 22% corporate tax. Those are some insane taxes.

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