COPENHAGEN — Danes are used to hearing their country mentioned in international comparisons. On measures like maternal health, public trust and happiness, they are accustomed to appearing near the head of global league tables.

So when a Fox Business Network host warning of the dangers of socialism cited Denmark in the same breath as Venezuela, the response was swift and angry, and it started from the top.

“Denmark, like Venezuela, has stripped people of their opportunities,” the host, Trish Regan, argued on Sunday.

“Nobody is incentivized to do anything because they’re not going to be rewarded,” she said, making references to a 2013 New York Times article about moves to pare back the Danish welfare state.