Greenland in figures

More people left Greenland than arrived in every year from 2000 to 2025, and the population barely moved, from 56,185 in 2000 to 56,831 in 2025. The over-65 share more than doubled, from 5.0% in 2000 to 11.5% in 2025. A child born there in 2024 could expect to live 70.3 years.

GDP

$3.3 bn

2023

from $1.1 bn in 2000

GDP per person

$58 499

2023

from $19 009 in 2000

Real growth

0.9%

2023

from 7.1% in 2000

Sections

Economy

How large Greenland's economy is, how fast it grows and what it is made of

Output grew 7.1% in 2000 and 6.9% in 2004. It shrank in four years, most deeply by 2.5% in 2015. Since 4.7% in 2016, growth has not gone above the 2.8% of 2019, and in 2023, the latest year in the series, it was 0.9%, while GDP in current dollars had risen from $1.1 billion in 2000 to $3.3 billion and GDP per person at purchasing power stood at $78,906. Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced 16.6% of GDP in 2023. Manufacturing had shrunk to 2.7% by 2023 from 8.3% in 2005, and services accounted for 61.0% of GDP in 2023 and industry, construction included, 18.4%, in value-added series that start in 2003.

GDP, current US dollars

$3.3 bn2023

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Data

Year	GDP, current US dollars
2023	$3.3 bn
2022	$3.2 bn
2021	$3.3 bn
2020	$3.1 bn
2019	$3.0 bn
2018	$3.1 bn
2017	$2.9 bn
2016	$2.7 bn
2015	$2.5 bn
2014	$2.8 bn
2013	$2.7 bn
2012	$2.6 bn
2011	$2.7 bn
2010	$2.5 bn
2009	$2.5 bn
2008	$2.5 bn
2007	$2.2 bn
2006	$2.0 bn
2005	$1.8 bn
2004	$1.8 bn
2003	$1.6 bn
2002	$1.2 bn
2001	$1.1 bn
2000	$1.1 bn

Series World Bank NY.GDP.MKTP.CD

Real GDP growth

0.9%2023

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Data

Year	Growth
2023	0.9%
2022	2.0%
2021	1.6%
2020	0.3%
2019	2.8%
2018	0.6%
2017	0.1%
2016	4.7%
2015	−2.5%
2014	4.7%
2013	−1.3%
2012	1.4%
2011	−0.5%
2010	1.7%
2009	0.9%
2008	6.2%
2007	2.4%
2006	5.6%
2005	5.0%
2004	6.9%
2003	4.4%
2002	−1.0%
2001	1.3%
2000	7.1%

Series World Bank NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

GDP per person

$58 4992023

At market exchange ratesAt purchasing power parity

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Data

Year	GDP per person	At purchasing power
2023	$58 499	$78 906
2022	$55 635	$75 708
2021	$58 136	$69 302
2020	$54 813	$64 999
2019	$53 309	$64 264
2018	$54 545	$61 807
2017	$50 766	$60 010
2016	$48 182	$58 909
2015	$44 536	$55 816
2014	$50 485	$56 555
2013	$47 535	$52 894
2012	$45 937	$52 389
2011	$47 187	$50 653
2010	$44 277	$50 191
2009	$44 919	$48 925
2008	$44 367	$48 203
2007	$39 781	$44 366
2006	$35 458	$42 040
2005	$32 490	$38 527
2004	$32 031	$35 604
2003	$27 467	$32 516
2002	$20 658	$30 618
2001	$19 266	$30 562
2000	$19 009	$29 616

Series World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD · World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD

Value added, share of GDP

Manufacturing has its own band and is left out of other industry. The remainder is taxes on products less subsidies, which the national accounts add to reach GDP.

200365%8%18%

202361%16%17%

Services
Manufacturing
Other industry and construction
Agriculture, forestry, fishing
Taxes less subsidies

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Trade

How open the economy is

Imports have exceeded exports in every year since the trade series began in 2003. They climbed to 92.5% of GDP in 2011, fell to 43.5% in 2017 and were 51.1% in 2023. Exports ranged between 30.7% of GDP in 2009 and 44.5% in 2018. In 2023 they were 40.8%.

Exports and imports, share of GDP

40.8%2023

ExportsImports

World Bank

Data

Year	Exports of goods and services	Imports
2023	40.8%	51.1%
2022	40.8%	52.6%
2021	34.1%	49.6%
2020	36.0%	46.7%
2019	41.0%	51.1%
2018	44.5%	45.3%
2017	40.7%	43.5%
2016	40.8%	45.1%
2015	37.6%	45.5%
2014	38.5%	48.6%
2013	37.7%	58.2%
2012	37.5%	63.5%
2011	38.0%	92.5%
2010	34.1%	76.4%
2009	30.7%	55.0%
2008	37.0%	70.4%
2007	36.2%	58.8%
2006	37.8%	51.9%
2005	41.1%	58.6%
2004	39.3%	48.9%
2003	37.8%	49.5%

Series World Bank NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS · World Bank NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS

People

Who lives in Greenland

The World Bank's population series peaked at 56,935 in 2005 and fell to 56,023 in 2018 before recovering to 56,831 in 2025. Net migration was negative throughout, deepest at −702 in 2014. Children under 15 made up 26.9% of the population in 2000 and 20.7% in 2025, and births per woman fell from 2.61 in 2002 to 1.71 in 2024. Life expectancy at birth was 64.8 years in 2000 and peaked at 71.4 years in 2019.

Population

56 8312025

The axis does not start at zero, so the change looks larger than it is.

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Data

Year	Population
2025	56 831
2024	56 836
2023	56 865
2022	56 661
2021	56 653
2020	56 367
2019	56 225
2018	56 023
2017	56 172
2016	56 186
2015	56 114
2014	56 295
2013	56 483
2012	56 810
2011	56 890
2010	56 534
2009	56 323
2008	56 328
2007	56 555
2006	56 775
2005	56 935
2004	56 898
2003	56 751
2002	56 595
2001	56 379
2000	56 185

Series World Bank SP.POP.TOTL

Age structure, share of the population

World Bank

Data

Year	Aged 0 to 14	15 to 64	65 and over
2025	20.7%	67.7%	11.5%
2024	20.8%	68.4%	10.8%
2023	20.8%	69.1%	10.1%
2022	20.8%	69.6%	9.6%
2021	20.8%	70.0%	9.2%
2020	20.9%	70.3%	8.8%
2019	20.8%	70.6%	8.6%
2018	20.8%	70.9%	8.4%
2017	20.8%	71.0%	8.2%
2016	20.9%	71.1%	8.0%
2015	21.1%	71.2%	7.7%
2014	21.3%	71.2%	7.5%
2013	21.4%	71.1%	7.4%
2012	21.7%	71.0%	7.3%
2011	22.1%	70.9%	7.0%
2010	22.5%	70.7%	6.9%
2009	22.9%	70.5%	6.7%
2008	23.3%	70.3%	6.4%
2007	23.7%	70.1%	6.2%
2006	24.3%	69.8%	5.9%
2005	24.8%	69.5%	5.6%
2004	25.3%	69.2%	5.4%
2003	25.8%	68.9%	5.3%
2002	26.2%	68.6%	5.3%
2001	26.6%	68.3%	5.2%
2000	26.9%	68.0%	5.0%

Series World Bank SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS · World Bank SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS · World Bank SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS

Births per woman

1.712024

World Bank

Data

Year	Births per woman
2024	1.71
2023	1.77
2022	1.82
2021	1.82
2020	2.11
2019	2.12
2018	2.02
2017	2.13
2016	2.07
2015	2.12
2014	1.99
2013	2.07
2012	2.01
2011	2.10
2010	2.18
2009	2.34
2008	2.25
2007	2.22
2006	2.28
2005	2.33
2004	2.44
2003	2.33
2002	2.61
2001	2.51
2000	2.41

Series World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN

Life expectancy at birth

70.3 years2024

World Bank

Data

Year	Life expectancy at birth
2024	70.3 years
2023	71.0 years
2022	71.2 years
2021	71.3 years
2020	71.3 years
2019	71.4 years
2018	71.4 years
2017	71.3 years
2016	71.2 years
2015	70.9 years
2014	70.5 years
2013	70.3 years
2012	70.0 years
2011	69.6 years
2010	69.3 years
2009	69.0 years
2008	68.6 years
2007	68.3 years
2006	67.8 years
2005	67.3 years
2004	66.8 years
2003	66.1 years
2002	65.4 years
2001	65.0 years
2000	64.8 years

Series World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN

Net migration

−2652025

People arriving less people leaving, each year.

World Bank

Data

Year	Net migration
2025	−265
2024	−284
2023	−318
2022	−323
2021	−324
2020	−328
2019	−308
2018	−330
2017	−350
2016	−342
2015	−315
2014	−702
2013	−653
2012	−553
2011	−244
2010	−46
2009	−562
2008	−522
2007	−505
2006	−480
2005	−476
2004	−311
2003	−295
2002	−313
2001	−282
2000	−229

Series World Bank SM.POP.NETM

Living standards

Health, schooling, the internet and inequality

Of the social measures on this page, the World Bank records only internet use for Greenland. It rose from 31.8% of people in 2000 to 69.5% in 2017, and nothing later is published.

Using the internet

69.5%2017

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Data

Year	Using the internet
2017	69.5%
2016	68.5%
2015	67.6%
2014	66.7%
2013	65.8%
2012	64.9%
2011	64.0%
2010	63.0%
2009	62.8%
2008	62.8%
2007	61.1%
2006	59.4%
2005	57.7%
2004	56.1%
2003	54.5%
2002	44.1%
2001	35.5%
2000	31.8%

Series World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS

Living in towns and cities

88.6%2025

+7.1 points since 2000, between 81.5% and 88.6% in every year

200081.5%

202588.6%

World Bank

Data

Year	Living in towns and cities
2025	88.6%
2024	88.3%
2023	88.1%
2022	87.8%
2021	87.5%
2020	87.3%
2019	87.0%
2018	86.7%
2017	86.4%
2016	86.2%
2015	86.0%
2014	85.7%
2013	85.4%
2012	84.9%
2011	84.5%
2010	84.3%
2009	83.9%
2008	83.6%
2007	83.2%
2006	82.8%
2005	82.7%
2004	82.6%
2003	82.3%
2002	82.1%
2001	81.8%
2000	81.5%

Series World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS

Energy and environment

Energy, emissions and forest

Greenland's electricity came 94.4% from renewable sources in 2000, 31.2% in 2004 and 77.0% in 2021. Their share of final energy use was 11.7% in 2022. Carbon dioxide emissions came to 10.4 tonnes per person in 2024, after 12.0 tonnes in 2011.

Electricity from renewable sources

77.0%2021

World Bank

Data

Year	Electricity from renewable sources
2021	77.0%
2020	74.3%
2019	75.0%
2018	72.6%
2017	71.3%
2016	75.3%
2015	75.3%
2014	73.9%
2013	72.9%
2012	65.7%
2011	65.8%
2010	64.1%
2009	54.4%
2008	43.0%
2007	44.6%
2006	42.8%
2005	48.1%
2004	31.2%
2003	56.0%
2002	54.2%
2001	52.7%
2000	94.4%

Series World Bank EG.ELC.RNEW.ZS

Renewable share of final energy use

11.7%2022

World Bank

Data

Year	Renewable share of final energy use
2022	11.7%
2021	11.6%
2020	11.8%
2019	10.9%
2018	11.4%
2017	11.3%
2016	12.4%
2015	13.1%
2014	12.5%
2013	11.2%
2012	10.1%
2011	10.2%
2010	10.1%
2009	8.8%
2008	6.9%
2007	6.9%
2006	7.1%
2005	7.0%
2004	6.7%
2003	9.5%
2002	9.5%
2001	8.7%
2000	9.2%

Series World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS

CO2 emissions per person

10.4 t2024

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Data

Year	CO2 emissions per person
2024	10.4 t
2023	10.3 t
2022	10.4 t
2021	9.7 t
2020	9.4 t
2019	9.3 t
2018	9.1 t
2017	9.0 t
2016	9.2 t
2015	9.3 t
2014	8.5 t
2013	9.5 t
2012	9.5 t
2011	12.0 t
2010	11.4 t
2009	9.8 t
2008	11.2 t
2007	10.9 t
2006	11.0 t
2005	10.7 t
2004	10.6 t
2003	0.0 t
2002	0.0 t
2001	0.0 t
2000	0.0 t

Series World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5

Forest cover

0.0%2023

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Data

Year	Forest cover
2023	0.0%
2022	0.0%
2021	0.0%
2020	0.0%
2019	0.0%
2018	0.0%
2017	0.0%
2016	0.0%
2015	0.0%
2014	0.0%
2013	0.0%
2012	0.0%
2011	0.0%
2010	0.0%
2009	0.0%
2008	0.0%
2007	0.0%
2006	0.0%
2005	0.0%
2004	0.0%
2003	0.0%
2002	0.0%
2001	0.0%
2000	0.0%

Series World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS

Codes

Greenland's codes and memberships

The state

Status: Dependency of Denmark
Government: parliamentary monarchy
Official language: Greenlandic
United Nations: Not a member

Identifiers

GLISO alpha-2

GRLISO alpha-3

304ISO numeric

Calling code: +299
Internet domain: .gl
Time zone: UTC-02:00, UTC, UTC-04:00

Memberships

Also a member, joining year not on record

Nordic CouncilNordic Council

Questions

Questions about Greenland in figures

What is Greenland's GDP?

Greenland's GDP came to $3.3 billion in 2023 in current US dollars, according to the World Bank, or $58,499 per resident, and $78,906 at purchasing power parity.

Has Greenland's economy grown since 2016?

Every year from 2017 to 2023, by the World Bank's figures, though never faster than 2.8%, in 2019. In 2023 it was 0.9%. The last faster year was 2016, at 4.7%.

What is Greenland's population?

The World Bank estimated 56,831 people in 2025. In 2000 the World Bank's figure was 56,185.

Are people leaving Greenland?

Net migration was negative in every year from 2000 to 2025, according to the World Bank. It was −265 in 2025 and reached −702 in 2014.

What is life expectancy in Greenland?

Life expectancy at birth reached 70.3 years in 2024 by the World Bank's estimate, up from 64.8 years in 2000, after peaking at 71.4 years in 2019.

How old is Greenland's population?

One resident in five, 20.7%, was under 15 in 2025, and 11.5% were 65 or over, by the World Bank's figures; in 2000 those shares were 26.9% and 5.0%.

Record generated 2026-08-31, series 2026-09-27 · Q223 · World Bank data · Europe