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The government debt is compiled as the total domestic and foreign debt less the assets of the public funds and the balance of the central government's account with Danmarks Nationalbank.
| Table 1: Central-government debt |
| DKK billion | End-2010 |
| Domestic debt | 576 |
| Foreign debt | 115 |
| Government funds | -128 |
| Central-government account | -177 |
| Central-government debt | 386 |
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In 2010, the central-government debt increased by kr. 85 billion to kr. 386 billion, cf. Chart 1. This corresponds to a debt of 22 per cent of GDP or kr. 69,000 per capita. Despite the increase, Denmark's debt remains low compared with that of other EU member states, and Danish government bonds are still enjoying the highest ratings from the credit rating agencies.
| Central-government debt, 1975-2010 | Chart 1 |
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Interest costs
The increase in the central-government debt in 2010 implied that interest costs rose by kr. 2.2 billion to kr. 17.9 billion, cf. Chart 2.
| Central-government interest costs, 2000-10 | Chart 2 |
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