What Worries Denmark? - July 2026
What keeps Danes up at night? Ipsos’ What Worries Denmark survey diagnoses the biggest social and political problems by asking citizens their opinion on the most worrying issues in the nation. It provides a snapshot of the national mood and serves as a tracker that identifies short or long-term shifts in public feeling.
July in Denmark is supposed to be about long evenings, ice cream and switching off for the summer. But our latest numbers suggest that the worries did not take a holiday.
Immigration and climate change now share first place among Denmark’s biggest worries at 15%. Immigration is also becoming increasingly prominent in the broader picture: even though total mentions ease slightly from 18% to 17%, it moves ahead of healthcare and becomes Denmark’s second-largest total worry.
Climate tells an interesting and slightly contradictory story. More Danes now choose it as the country’s single biggest challenge, rising from 12% to 15%. At the same time, total mentions fall from 30% to 27%, although climate remains comfortably at the top of the overall list.
The timing is difficult to ignore. Denmark recorded 37°C during the fieldwork period, the highest temperature ever measured in the country. When record-breaking heat suddenly becomes something you can feel outside your own front door, climate change becomes much less abstract.
Inflation quietly takes third place among the biggest worries at 8%. It may no longer dominate the conversation as it once did, but concerns about prices and household finances have clearly not disappeared.
Meanwhile, lack of trust in politicians falls from 8% to 5% as a biggest worry and from 11% to 9% in total mentions. After the long wait for a government, July was the new government’s first full month in office, perhaps some of the frustration is beginning to cool.
The Biggest Worries chart refers to an individual’s perception of the largest/most top-of-mind challenge Denmark is dealing with today.
The Total Worries chart encompasses the biggest worries and the respondents’ other worries combined.
About the study:
This study surveys a nationally representative sample of adults aged 18+ across various regions of Denmark, with 500 interviews conducted per month. Weighting has been employed to balance demographics and ensure that the sample’s composition reflects that of the adult population according to the most recent Danish census data.
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