What Worries Denmark? - September 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.
September’s worries feel close to home: the bills we pay, the care we rely on and the future we hope to leave our children.
Climate change returns to first place among Denmark’s Biggest Worries at 13.0%, unchanged from August. Immigration falls from 17.0% to 11.2% and moves into second place, allowing climate to reclaim the lead without an increase in its own score.
Inflation is the new arrival in the top three, rising from 6.6% to 10.4%. More respondents now put prices first. During the month, Danmarks Nationalbank also raised its policy rates by 0.25 percentage points, effective 11 September, following the ECB.
In Total Worries, healthcare climbs from 17.4% to 21.4%, overtaking immigration to take second place. Climate remains first at 29.6%, up from 28.6%. These results bring both the future of the planet and the services people depend on every day into focus.
September also brought a concrete climate development: the Greensand project was inaugurated on 18 September, marking the start of commercial CO₂ storage beneath the Danish North Sea. It is one example of the practical responses being developed while climate remains high on the worry list.
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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