Country
Greenland
- Region
- Europe & Central Asia
- Income group
- high income
- Capital
- Nuuk
- ISO code
- GL · GRL
46 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 56.8K
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 71,038 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 70.3 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 10.5 t CO₂
Population
- Population 56.8K 2025 200th of 214
- Population density 0 people/km² 2024 212th of 212
- Population growth -0.01 % per year 2025 167th of 214
- Natural increase 4.3 per 1,000 people 2023 134th of 228
- Net migration -4.7 per 1,000 people 2025 190th of 214
- Fertility rate 1.71 births per woman 2024 126th of 214
- Urban population 88.6 % 2025 37th of 214
- Median age 34.2 years 2023 98th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 11.5 % 2025 89th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 17.0 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 86th of 214
- Children under 15 20.7 % 2025 118th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 70.3 years 2024 150th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 72.2 years 2024 152nd of 214
- Life expectancy, men 68.4 years 2024 142nd of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 3.8 years 2024 168th of 214
- Physicians 1.14 per 1,000 people 1980 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Hospital beds 14.4 per 1,000 people 1970 not ranked – no value for 2023
Economy
- GDP 3.3B USD 2023 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita 58,499 USD 2023 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita (PPP) 71,038 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2023 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP growth 0.9 % 2023 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita growth 0.5 % 2023 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Trade 92 % of GDP 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Agriculture in the economy 16.6 % of GDP 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
Education and society
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 69 % 2017 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Mobile phone subscriptions 119 per 100 people 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Fixed broadband 32.0 per 100 people 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Access to electricity 100.0 % 2024 1st of 212
- Safely managed sanitation 0 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Research and development 0.65 % of GDP 2004 not ranked – no value for 2023
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 0.6 Mt CO₂ 2024 171st of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 10.5 t CO₂ 2024 19th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 11.08 t CO₂ 2024 22nd of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.0 Gt CO₂ 2024 169th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 11.6 t CO₂e 2024 24th of 201
- Forest area 0.0 % of land 2024 208th of 208
- Renewable energy 11.6 % of final energy 2021 139th of 210
- Renewable electricity 83.3 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 0.0 % of electricity 2024 176th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 138 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 156th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 10,557 kWh 2024 17th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 1.6 µg/m³ 2023 199th of 199
Greenland on other Ominuvo maps
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- Prices around the worldDanish krone (DKK)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC−4 … UTC · 3 time zonesSource: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, E, F, K · 230 V · 50 Hz
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- UFO sightings map1 UFO or unexplained case
- VPN provider mapServers of 7 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)