Education in Denmark 880 indicators covering education for Denmark. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Average years of schooling among adults 13.03 years 2023 up 2.2% 15th Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling 13.03 years 2023 up 2.2% 15th Average years of schooling vs. GDP per capita 13.03 years 2023 up 2.2% 15th Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 22.1% 2024 up 26.9% 121st Average years of schooling, males vs. females 12.82 years 2023 up 1.7% 23rd Expected years of schooling, males vs. females 18.1 years 2023 down 2.3% 9th Primary completion rate, male 100.0% 2024 down 0.2% 38th Primary completion rate, female 99.4% 2024 down 0.7% 49th Duration of compulsory education 10 years 2025 unchanged 86th Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2025 unchanged 21st Government expenditure on education, total 6.4% 2022 down 12.3% 23rd Secondary education, general pupils 419,140 2017 up 20.0% 103rd Lower secondary completion rate, total 99.2% 2024 down 0.0% 31st Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 114.2% 2018 up 5.0% 10th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 14.68 years 2018 up 11.3% 6th School enrollment, preprimary, male 104.4% 2020 up 2.7% 14th School enrollment, preprimary, female 101.9% 2020 up 3.8% 21st Persistence to last grade of primary, total 99.7% 2023 up 0.2% 9th School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 4.11 years 2018 up 16.1% 16th Government expenditure on education, total 14.2% 2022 up 13.2% 74th Secondary education, general pupils 50.8% 2017 down 1.0% 63rd Lower secondary completion rate, female 99.0% 2024 down 0.6% 37th Lower secondary completion rate, male 99.5% 2024 up 0.6% 26th Children out of school 0.9% 2024 up 44.8% 151st Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 178,127 number 2018 down 29.0% 87th Share of children in primary school age who are in school 99.1% 2024 down 0.3% 45th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, pupils 432,238 2024 down 7.5% 117th Primary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Secondary education, pupils 522,143 2024 down 5.7% 107th Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita 0.9% 2024 up 44.8% 158th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 114.2% 2018 up 6.0% 11th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 114.2% 2018 up 4.1% 9th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 14.66 years 2018 up 12.0% 6th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 1 GPI 2018 down 1.3% 91st School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 14.7 years 2018 up 10.6% 6th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 99.6% 2023 up 0.1% 13th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 99.8% 2023 up 0.3% 13th Secondary education, vocational pupils 114,940 2017 down 8.6% 64th Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education 99.2% 2024 down 0.4% 19th Number of under-five deaths, male 128 2024 down 0.8% 145th Number of under-five deaths, female 103 2024 up 1.0% 145th Number of infant deaths, male 113 2024 up 2.7% 143rd Number of infant deaths, female 92 2024 up 4.5% 142nd School life expectancy, tertiary, male 3.51 years 2018 up 18.8% 17th School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 1.35 GPI 2018 down 3.8% 60th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 4.74 years 2018 up 14.3% 13th Teachers in primary education, female 31,806 number 2018 — 82nd Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1 index 2024 down 0.2% 87th Children out of school, female 0.8% 2024 up 98.7% 161st Children out of school, male 1.0% 2024 up 20.1% 157th Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 85,684 number 2018 down 29.8% 89th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private institutio 22.6% 2018 up 8.8% 116th Secondary education, vocational pupils 42.3% 2017 down 4.1% 86th Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational p 24.3% 2017 down 16.7% 37th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 18.79 years 2018 up 12.2% 9th Productivity vs. educational attainment 88.72 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 14.9% 4th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 98.3% 2017 down 0.7% 132nd Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment), f 17.0% 2024 down 19.8% 47th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.5% 2025 down 11.9% 84th ← Previous Page 2 of 15 Next →