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.
Selected statistics on Outsourcing
International outsourcing by industry and time period
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
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.
Data has been collected via a digital survey, and has been supplied with background information from the Business Statistical Register.
On the statistics – documentation, sources and method
See the documentation of statistics to learn more:
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.