Denmark

Donor Rankings, 2023

5th Core Contributions
7th Non Core Contributions
7th Overall Contributions

Donor rankings include UN-to-UN transfers, which are UNFPA's top source of revenue overall.

Democratic values and human rights are the foundation of Danish development cooperation as described in the 2021 Danish Strategy for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Action, entitled “The World We Share”. Denmark will promote and defend human rights, with particular focus on the rights of girls, women and marginalized groups. The strategy sees gender equality and women’s economic and political empowerment as contributing to economic growth and to more equal and democratic societies. Denmark will continue to lead the way in the global fight for gender equality and protection of girls and women’s rights, with a particular focus on sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Building on this foundation, Denmark will use development cooperation to prevent and fight poverty and inequality, conflict and fragility, displacement and irregular migration. This priority places sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls in humanitarian settings, gender-based violence among displaced people, and human trafficking at its center. Denmark will also lead the fight to prevent climate change and restore balance to the planet.

Denmark’s financial contribution to UNFPA comes in various forms. The national budget ensures a core contribution to support UNFPA in its efforts to ensure sexual and reproductive health and rights globally; an earmarked contribution to UNFPA Supplies Partnership to widen access to a reliable supply of modern contraceptives and life-saving medicines for maternal health in West Africa; and a contribution to the humanitarian work of UNFPA, as women and girls often face extraordinary burdens in humanitarian crises. 

Dan Jørgensen, Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy
Women and girls are hit the hardest by the multiple and intersecting global crises, especially climate change and rising food insecurity. Denmark continues to be at the forefront of the fight for women and girls’ right to decide over their own body. UNFPA is a critical and trusted partner in this fight. With activities in more than 150 countries, UNFPA has a unique position to provide support tailored to address the challenges on the ground. This is needed more than ever. Denmark is committed to a strong partnership with UNFPA to ensure that women and girls are able to plan their family, their life and their future.
Dan Jørgensen, Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy

Key Results 2023

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1,669

Maternal deaths averted

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881,762

Unintended pregnancies prevented

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287,077

Unsafe abortions prevented

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1,325,805

Women and young people reached with integrated sexual and reproductive health services

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314,265

Sexually transmitted infections prevented by provision of female and male condoms

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4,213,114

Couple year protections generated

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427

Women and girls living with obstetric fistula received treatment

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7,218

HIV infections prevented by provision of female and male condoms

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486,129

Marginalized girls were reached by life skills programmes

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44,331

Women, adolescents and youth benefited from the high-quality services related to harmful practices

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7,957

Girls saved from female genital mutilation

Key results are for illustrative purposes only, and reflect what a donor has contributed to through funding to UNFPA in 2022. Key results presented here may not reflect the figures provided by government donors.

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Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.

Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.

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News & Updates

Updates
Denmark remains committed to supporting the well-being of women and girls worldwide. The Government of Denmark continues to prioritize core resources – also called “regular” – as its most efficient investment towards…
19 January 2024 Read Story
News
UNITED NATIONS/SANA’A – Rehman* was married off to an abusive man at age 15. “During our year of marriage, I lived a very hard life full of violence and abuse,” she recently told UNFPA in the governorate of Hajjah.…
28 February 2023 Read Story
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UNITED NATIONS, New York — At the Global Citizen Festival, on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the President of the European Commission, Mrs. Ursula von der Leyen, announced a $45 million…
26 September 2022 Read Story