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Currency | Danish krone (DKK, kr.) |
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Country group | High-income economy |
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Population belowpoverty line | 16.2% (2015 est.) |
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Main industries | fish processing (mainly shrimp and Greenland halibut); Oil, gold, niobium, tantalite, uranium, iron, and diamond mining; handicrafts, hides, skins, small shipyards |
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Export goods | fish and fish products 91% (2015 est.) |
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Import goods | machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, petroleum products |
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Public debt | 13% of GDP (2015 est.) |
Budget balance | +5.6% (of GDP) (2016 est.) |
Revenues | 1.719 billion (2016 est.) |
Expenses | 1.594 billion (2016 est.) |
Economic aid | $650 million subsidy from the Kingdom of Denmark (2012) |
Main data source:CIA World Fact Book All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars. |