Editing Danish Defence (section)

====Yearly data====
There are significant differences between the Danish method and the NATO method of calculating defense budgets (among others due to what can be included), with the former resulting a considerably lower numbers than the latter.<ref name=DKDefSp/> For example, according to the Danish method, the expenditures in 2024 was DKK 36.16 billion, but according to the NATO method it was DKK 68.67 billion.<ref name=DKDefSp/> Using the NATO method, it has consistently increased in the last decade, with the budget tripling from 2014 to 2024 (DKK 22.77 to 68.67 billion) and the percentage doubling (1.15 to 2.37%).<ref name=DKDefSp/> The following all use the Danish method:

'''Danish Defence expenditures (1949–1989)'''<ref name="Danish Agency for Governmental Management">("''[http://www.oes.dk/ Økonomi-styrelsen]''") ([http://www.oes-cs.dk/bevillingslove/ Finance law 1996 to 2006], [[Danish Agency for Governmental Management]])</ref><ref name="Danmarks Statistik">1976&ndash;1989, [[Danmarks Statistik]]</ref>
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" align="center"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="1" |1940s
! colspan="10"|1950s
! colspan="10"|1960s
! colspan="10"|1970s
! colspan="10"|1980s
|-
!49 ||50 ||51 ||52 ||53 ||54 ||55 ||56 ||57 ||58 ||59 ||60 ||61 ||62 ||63 ||64 ||65 ||66 ||67 ||68 ||69 ||70 ||71 ||72 ||73 ||74 ||75 ||76 ||77 ||78 ||79 ||80 ||81 ||82 ||83 ||84 ||85 ||86 ||87 ||88 ||89
|-
| align="center" |'''Total Budget (Billions) Kr.'''
|0.36 ||0.36 ||0.48 ||0.68 ||0.89 ||0.89 ||0.92 ||0.94 ||1.01 ||0.99 ||0.99 ||1.11 ||1.18 ||1.55 ||1.65 ||1.76 ||1.97 ||2.08 ||2.25 ||2.60 ||2.64 ||2.97 ||3.20 ||3.39 ||3.52 ||4.46 ||5.36 ||5.71 ||6.38 ||7.29 ||8.05 ||9.12 ||10.30 ||11.67 ||12.57 ||13.05 ||13.34 ||13.33 ||14.65 ||15.62 ||15.96
|-
| align="center" |'''Percentage of [[Measures of national income and output#Gross National Product|GNP]]'''
|2.0 ||1.7 ||2.1 ||2.7 ||3.4 ||3.2 ||3.2 ||3.0 ||3.1 ||2.9 ||2.6 ||2.7 ||1.6 ||3.0 ||3.0 ||2.8 ||2.8 ||2.6 ||2.6 ||2.7 ||2.4 ||2.4 ||2.4 ||2.2 ||2.0 ||2.2 ||2.4 ||2.2 ||2.2 ||2.3 ||2.3 ||2.4 ||2.4 ||2.4 ||2.4 ||2.2 ||2.1 ||1.9 ||2.0 ||2.1 ||2.0
|-
| align="center" |'''Defence Spending % Change'''
| ||-0.3 ||+0.4 ||+0.6 ||+0.7 ||-0.2 ||0.0 ||-0.2 ||+0.1 ||-0.2 ||-0.3 ||+0.1 ||-0.9 ||+1.4 ||0.0 ||-0.2 ||0.0 ||-0.2 ||0.0 ||+0.1 ||-0.3 ||0.0 ||0.0 ||-0.2 ||-0.2 ||+0.2 ||+0.2 ||-0.2 ||0.0 ||+0.1 ||0.0 ||+0.1 ||0.0 ||0.0 ||0.0||-0.2 ||-0.1 ||-0.2 ||+0.1 ||+0.1 ||-0.1
|}

'''Danish Defence expenditures (1990–)'''<ref name="Danish Agency for Governmental Management" /><ref name="Danmarks Statistik" /><ref>{{cite web|author1=Danish Ministry of Defence|author-link1=Ministry of Defence (Denmark)|title=Defence Economy|url=http://www.fmn.dk/videnom/Pages/ministeromraadetsoekonomi.aspx|website=fmn.dk|access-date=13 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028232520/http://www.fmn.dk/videnom/Pages/ministeromraadetsoekonomi.aspx|archive-date=28 October 2017|language=da|date=8 May 2018}}</ref>
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" align="center"
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="10" |1990s
! colspan="10" |2000s
! colspan="10" |2010s
! colspan="4" |2020s
|-
!90 ||91 ||92 ||93||94 ||95 ||96 ||97 ||98 ||99 ||00 ||01 ||02 ||03 ||04 ||05 ||06 ||07 ||08 ||09 ||10 ||11 ||12 ||13 ||14 ||15 ||16 ||17 ||18 ||19 ||20 ||21 ||22 ||23
|-
| align="center" |'''Total Budget (Billions) Kr.'''
|16.4 ||17.09 ||17.13 ||17.39 ||17.29 ||17.47 ||17.90 ||18.52 ||19.07 ||19.43 ||19.34 ||21.02 ||21.27 ||21.08 ||21.44 ||20.80 ||23.17 ||22.73 ||24.41 ||23.25 ||25.33 ||24.26 ||25.62 ||23.72 ||25.02 ||22.633 ||24.190 ||25.165 ||20.938 ||23.516 ||25.325 ||26.383 || 27.1||27.1
|-
| align="center" |'''Percentage of [[Measures of national income and output#Gross National Product|GNP]]'''
|2.0 ||2.0 ||1.9 ||1.9 ||1.8 ||1.7 ||1.7 ||1.6 ||1.6 ||1.6 ||1.5 ||1.6 ||1.5 ||1.5 ||1.5 ||1.3 ||1.4 ||1.3 ||1.4 ||1.4 ||1.4 ||1.4 ||1.4 ||1.3 ||1.3 ||1.1 ||1.16 ||1.17 || 0.93|| 1.01|| 1.14|| 1.07|| 1.06||1.05
|-
| align="center" |'''Defence Spending % Change'''
|0.0 ||0.0 ||-0.1 ||0.0 ||-0.1 ||-0.1 ||0.0 ||-0.1 ||0.0. ||0.0 ||-0.1 ||+0.1 ||-0.1 ||0.0. ||0.0 ||-0.2 ||+0.1 ||-0.1 ||+0.1 ||0.0 ||0.0 ||0.0 ||0.0 ||-0.1 ||0.0 ||-0.2 ||+0.06 ||+0.01 || -0.24|| +0.08|| +0.13|| -0.07|| -0.01||-0.01
|}

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