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Outsourcing

Which Danish companies engage in outsourcing and why? What type of activities are being relocated abroad? To which locations do companies choose to outsource? How many jobs are being lost and created as a result of outsourcing decisions? These are some of the questions you can find an answer to on this page. 

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Increasing exchange of capital, goods, information, jobs and people between countries and continents and the resulting mutual political, economic, technological and cultural dependence between the countries and peoples of the world.

Relocation of a previously integrated part of a company to another company abroad.

Relocation of jobs or tasks from one company or institution to another.

Selected statistics on Outsourcing

This page shows selected popular statistics on the subject of Outsourcing. In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data and compile your own statistics.

International outsourcing by industry and time period

The diagram shows the development of the outsourcing trend over time, by looking at the number of companies that decide to relocate business functions from Denmark to foreign countries. 
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Last update
15.8.2024
Next update
13.6.2028
Source data

Data has been collected via a digital survey, and has been supplied with background information from the Business Statistical Register.

Change in the number of outsourced jobs

The diagram shows the number of jobs being outsourced over time, by industry. 
More about the figure
Last update
15.8.2024
Next update
13.6.2028
Source data

Data has been collected via a digital survey, and has been supplied with background information from the Business Statistical Register.

Companies' motives for international outsourcing by degree of importance

The diagram shows the importance of various motives for companies’ outsourcing decisions.

More about the figure
Last update
15.8.2024
Next update
13.6.2028
Source data

Data has been collected via a digital survey, and has been supplied with background information from the Business Statistical Register.

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International organisation and outsourcing

The purpose of the statistics International organisation and outsourcing is to shed light on significant globalization trends concerning the enterprises' global organization and the extent of international sourcing of business functions for the period 2021-2023. The statistics has been collected also for the periods 2001-2006, 2009-2011, 2014-2016, and 2018-2020.

Need more data on Outsourcing?

You can broaden your search on this topic by looking at more detailed tables at company industry-level, outsourcing barriers, types of outsourced business functions or trends over time via Statbank. 

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