Rankings ยท Greenland
Each ranking lists every office-holder by how one indicator moved from their first day in office, next to Greenland over the same months. A ranking of what happened during a tenure, not of who did it. Data as of Sep 2026. The worldwide rankings set them against every other country's.
Prime ministers
- Real GDP during each prime minister's tenureStatistics Greenland, national accounts (NRX10, chained 2010 prices), yearly from 2003, the latest years preliminary; the World Bank's GDP at constant kroner (the same 2010 prices) before, rescaled to 2003
- Real GDP per person during each prime minister's tenureStatistics Greenland, GDP at chained 2010 prices (NRX10; the World Bank's before 2003) over the population on 1 January (BEXSTA) interpolated to mid-year
- Unemployment rate during each prime minister's tenureStatistics Greenland, register-based labour statistics for permanent residents, yearly: the discontinued tables to 2015, the current ones from 2016 (people aged 18 to 65 to 2015, 18 to the pension age from 2016), from 2010; registered unemployment, not a survey
- Employment rate during each prime minister's tenureStatistics Greenland, register-based labour statistics for permanent residents, yearly: the discontinued tables to 2015, the current ones from 2016: people in work in an average month over the permanent residents aged 15 and over, from 2008 (to 2015 the old tables' counts)
- Registered jobseekers during each prime minister's tenureStatistics Greenland, registered jobseekers (ARXLED1), towns and settlements, from the municipal labour offices' records, aged 18 to the pension age, averaged over the trailing twelve months (the count doubles every winter), from 2010; Statistics Greenland warns that recording practice and the pension age have changed
- Inflation (CPI) during each prime minister's tenureStatistics Greenland, consumer price index (PRXPRISH), surveyed in January and July, change on the same survey a year earlier
- Consumer prices (CPI) during each prime minister's tenureStatistics Greenland, consumer price index (PRXPRISF), surveyed in January and July: the January 2008 = 100 base from 2008, the January 1981 = 100 base rescaled to it before
- Fish exports during each prime minister's tenureStatistics Greenland, exports by product group (IEX2PROD): fish, crustaceans and molluscs, unprocessed and prepared, by calendar year from 1988, adjusted for inflation with Statistics Greenland's consumer price index; nine tenths of Greenland's exports
- Block grant from Denmark during each prime minister's tenureStatistics Greenland, general government revenue (OFXREAI): current transfers from the Danish state, block grants, by calendar year from 1994, adjusted for inflation with Statistics Greenland's consumer price index
- Population during each prime minister's tenureStatistics Greenland, population on 1 January (BEXSTA), every resident, from the civil register
- Government effectiveness during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_GE.SC): perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service and of policy-making, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Regulatory quality during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_RQ.SC): perceptions of the government's ability to make and carry out sound rules that let private business form and compete, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Rule of law during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_RL.SC): confidence in contracts, property rights, the police and the courts, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Control of corruption during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_CC.SC): perceptions of public power used for private gain, petty and grand, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Voice and accountability during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_VA.SC): perceptions of how far citizens can take part in choosing their government, and of freedom of expression, association and the media, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
- Political stability during each prime minister's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_PV.SC): perceptions of the likelihood of political instability or politically motivated violence, terrorism included, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
Mayors
- Population during each mayor's tenureStatistics Greenland, population in localities on 1 January (BEXSTD), Nuuk town, every age added up, from the civil register, from 1977
- Unemployment rate during each mayor's tenureStatistics Greenland, register-based labour statistics for permanent residents, yearly: the discontinued tables to 2015, the current ones from 2016 (ARXLED4_old, ARXLED3), the Nuuk district's towns (Nuuk is the only one): people aged 18 to 65 to 2015, 18 to the pension age from 2016, from 2010; registered unemployment, not a survey
- Registered jobseekers during each mayor's tenureStatistics Greenland, registered jobseekers (ARXLED1), the Nuuk district's towns, from the municipal labour offices' records, averaged over the trailing twelve months, from 1989; the country's line is every town's (the settlements are counted only from 2010); Statistics Greenland warns that recording practice and the pension age have changed
- Employment rate during each mayor's tenureStatistics Greenland, register-based labour statistics for permanent residents, yearly: the discontinued tables to 2015, the current ones from 2016 (ARXBFB6_old, ARXBFB05): people in work in an average month over the permanent residents aged 15 and over, the Nuuk district's towns, from 2008 (to 2015 the old tables' counts)
- Disposable income during each mayor's tenureStatistics Greenland, income for persons aged 14 and over by locality (INXPI103): the average disposable income (income after tax) over every person, Nuuk town, yearly from 2002, adjusted for inflation with Statistics Greenland's consumer price index
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