How dependent is Greenland on Denmark?

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A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• Denmark sells 0.51% of what the world exports of clasps, buckles and hooks; next come China (37.5%), Italy (10.1%) and France (5.6%). The rest of the world exported 259 times what Greenland buys from Denmark.
• Denmark sells 2% of what the world exports of soft drinks; next come Austria (9.8%), Germany (8.4%) and Netherlands (7.9%). The rest of the world exported 1,784.8 times what Greenland buys from Denmark.
• Denmark sells 0.88% of what the world exports of bread, biscuits and pastries; next come Germany (10.2%), Canada (9.7%) and Italy (7.8%). The rest of the world exported 3,883.1 times what Greenland buys from Denmark.
• Denmark sells 1.1% of what the world exports of furniture; next come China (30.8%), Vietnam (10.4%) and Italy (7.3%). The rest of the world exported 6,853.3 times what Greenland buys from Denmark.
• Denmark sells 0.29% of what the world exports of replacement tool heads; next come China (23.2%), Germany (17.3%) and United States (8%). The rest of the world exported 1,828 times what Greenland buys from Denmark.
• Denmark sells 0.18% of what the world exports of computer and office machine parts; next come China (30.3%), Taiwan (15%) and Vietnam (10.6%). The rest of the world exported 26,722.1 times what Greenland buys from Denmark.
• Denmark sells 1.7% of what the world exports of beer; next come Mexico (37.5%), Netherlands (10.4%) and Belgium (9.8%). The rest of the world exported 1,637.8 times what Greenland buys from Denmark.
• Denmark sells 0.2% of what the world exports of auto parts; next come Germany (14.5%), China (12.1%) and Mexico (9.5%). The rest of the world exported 44,816.1 times what Greenland buys from Denmark.
• Denmark sells 0.21% of what the world exports of cars; next come Germany (17.4%), Japan (12.3%) and China (9.1%). The rest of the world exported 99,733 times what Greenland buys from Denmark.
• Denmark sells 0.31% of what the world exports of vacuum cleaners; next come China (51.3%), Vietnam (8.2%) and Germany (7.7%). The rest of the world exported 2,532.7 times what Greenland buys from Denmark.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Greenland is Denmark’s 34th-largest customer, with 0.57% of its exports.

• Trade between Greenland and Denmark
• Who does Greenland rely on?
• Who does Denmark rely on?
• Trade profile of Greenland
• Trade profile of Denmark
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.