Greenland
Against high income countries, Greenland ranks 14th of 83 on environment and 59th of 80 on infrastructure. Each ranking counts only the countries that report that score, so the totals differ and the two ranks can’t be compared directly. Both compare Greenland with countries of similar wealth. That is the only kind of ranking that tells you something a ranking by income does not already show.
How it has changed
Every measure Greenland reports, over all the years it has been published. Pick one. Hover or use the arrow keys to read a year. Gaps in a line are years with no data. They are left open, not filled in.
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Scores by area
Each score averages the measures in one area, such as health. Each measure is first put on a common scale and turned so that higher is always better. Zero is the average country in an average year. One point is a typical gap between countries (a standard deviation), so +1 means about one typical gap above average. These are summaries, not measurements. See how the country scores are built and how the topic scores compare with each other.
| Score | Value | Rank, all countries | Rank, similar income | Mostly income? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure score 2022 | +1.24 | 68 of 210 | 59 of 80 | proxy +0.90 |
| Environment score 2024 | +0.45 | 44 of 213 | 14 of 83 | moderate -0.33 |
The last column shows how closely each score just tracks national income. The number is its link with GDP per person (the value of everything a country produces, divided by its people), from −1 to +1. A score marked proxy is mostly a measure of how rich the country is. Its rank among all countries says little that GDP per person does not. That is why the rank among similar-income countries sits beside it.
The measures behind them
Every measure reported for Greenland, grouped by area. Some measures have no agreed better direction, such as population growth, inflation and military spending. They are listed here but left out of every score, since there is no fair way to say which way is better. Some names use technical terms: PPP means adjusted for what money buys in each country, HDI is a United Nations score combining life expectancy, schooling and income, and a Gini indexmeasures how unequally income is shared. Each measure’s own page explains it.
crime
| Conflict deaths | 0 | per 100,000 people | 2025 | higher is worse |
| Armed conflict present | 0 | 1 if any conflict, else 0 | 2025 | higher is worse |
| Homicide rate | 5.35 | per 100,000 population | 2016 | higher is worse |
culture
| Women in a union | 38.8% | % of women aged 15-49 | 2022 | no agreed direction |
| Marriage rate (UN) | 5.35 | marriages per 1,000 people | 2023 | no agreed direction |
| Divorce rate (UN) | 2.39 | divorces per 1,000 people | 2023 | no agreed direction |
demography
| Median age | 34.2 | years | 2023 | no agreed direction |
| Age at childbearing | 27.9 | years | 2023 | no agreed direction |
| Population | 56,831 | people | 2025 | no agreed direction |
| Population growth | -0.0088% | % per year | 2025 | no agreed direction |
| Urbanization | 88.6% | % of population | 2025 | no agreed direction |
| Population 65+ | 11.5% | % of population | 2025 | no agreed direction |
| Population 0-14 | 20.7% | % of population | 2025 | no agreed direction |
| Fertility rate | 1.71 | births per woman | 2024 | no agreed direction |
| Birth rate | 12 | per 1,000 people | 2024 | no agreed direction |
| Net migration | -265 | people | 2025 | no agreed direction |
| Migrant share of population | 10.4% | % of population | 2024 | no agreed direction |
economy
| GDP per capita (PPP) | $71,038 | international $ | 2023 | higher is better |
| GDP per capita (market) | $49,930 | US$ | 2023 | higher is better |
| GDP growth | 0.866% | % per year | 2023 | no agreed direction |
| Trade openness | 91.9% | % of GDP | 2023 | no agreed direction |
| Government consumption | 41.7% | % of GDP | 2023 | no agreed direction |
environment
| CO2 per capita | 10.5 | t CO2e per capita | 2024 | higher is worse |
| Forest area | 0.000536% | % of land area | 2023 | higher is better |
| Agricultural land | 0.592% | % of land area | 2023 | no agreed direction |
| Protected land | 41.9% | % of land area | 2025 | higher is better |
governance
| Pre-trial detainee share | 20.6% | % of prisoners | 2020 | higher is worse |
| Control of corruption | 1.48 | index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5) | 2024 | higher is better |
| Rule of law | 1.57 | index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5) | 2024 | higher is better |
| Government effectiveness | 1.35 | index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5) | 2024 | higher is better |
| Regulatory quality | 1.5 | index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5) | 2024 | higher is better |
| Voice and accountability | 1.4 | index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5) | 2024 | higher is better |
| Political stability | 1.24 | index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5) | 2024 | higher is better |
health
| Life expectancy | 70.3 | years | 2024 | higher is better |
| Basic water access | 100% | % of population | 2024 | higher is better |
| Basic sanitation | 62.5% | % of population | 2022 | higher is better |
| Adolescent fertility | 35 | births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 | 2024 | higher is worse |
| Tuberculosis incidence | 139 | per 100,000 people | 2024 | higher is worse |
| Adult obesity | 28.1% | % of adults | 2024 | higher is worse |
infrastructure
| Internet users | 69.5% | % of population | 2017 | higher is better |
| Mobile subscriptions | 119 | per 100 people | 2022 | higher is better |
| Electricity access | 100% | % of population | 2024 | higher is better |
| Fixed broadband | 32 | per 100 people | 2022 | higher is better |
Values are the most recent in 2010–2025, and different measures can come from different years. The year is shown beside each. Nothing here ranks countries by merit. An area score averages whatever measures its publishers happen to collect, and the choice of what to collect is itself a judgement made by someone else. All countries · How the country data works
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