Education in Denmark 3,402 indicators covering education for Denmark. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Adults' educational attainment distribution, by age group and gender 100 Percentage of population in the same sex and age 2025 unchanged 1st Government expenditure on primary education, PPP$ 6,792 millions 2022 up 26.0% 34th Government expenditure on secondary education, constant PPP$ 7,780 millions 2022 down 18.3% 38th Repeaters in Grade 6 of primary education, female 111 number 2018 — 95th Government expenditure on primary education, constant PPP$ 6,360 millions 2022 down 14.7% 36th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 38.3% 2023 up 16.1% 29th Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 38.3% 2023 up 16.1% 29th Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in 48.7% 2024 down 0.6% 93rd Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in 0.9% 2024 down 1.2% 93rd Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in 51.3% 2024 up 0.6% 54th Pupil-teacher ratio, upper secondary 12.38 2014 up 23.0% 72nd 4.2.2 Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the) 99.68 2020 up 0.6% 11th Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 33.7% 2023 up 15.9% 33rd Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 33.7% 2023 up 15.9% 33rd Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 42.7% 2023 up 15.9% 24th Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 42.7% 2023 up 15.9% 24th Proportion of schools with access to electricity, by education level 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, both sexes 0 2024 — 16th Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, female 0 2024 — 14th Average years of schooling 11.69 years 2020 down 2.3% 25th Share of the population with tertiary education 30.8% 2020 down 6.4% 22nd Share of population with no formal education 3.3% 2020 up 13.8% 51st Share of the population with at least some formal education 96.7% 2020 down 0.4% 60th Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, male 0 2024 — 16th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 1.21 GPIA 2023 down 0.0% 30th Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 76.0% 2024 up 10.9% 3rd Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 1.7% 2024 up 9.3% 3rd Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 24.0% 2024 down 23.8% 135th School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, both sexes 0.0198 years 2012 up 32.8% 107th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 30 2024 down 40.0% 68th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 5 2024 down 16.7% 53rd Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 2 2024 up 100.0% 46th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 2024 — 57th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 2024 down 100.0% 62nd Number of classroom teachers in primary education 42,105 2024 down 3.3% 32nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 13 2024 up 18.2% 47th Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 41 2024 up 173.3% 20th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 157 2024 up 26.6% 32nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 118 2024 down 36.6% 50th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 15 2024 up 25.0% 31st Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 5 2024 down 37.5% 24th Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 3 2024 up 200.0% 43rd Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 2024 down 100.0% 61st Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 1 2024 down 66.7% 48th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 465 2024 up 16.2% 11th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 7 2024 down 91.4% 47th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 2024 down 100.0% 69th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 1 2024 down 50.0% 53rd Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 1 2024 down 50.0% 46th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 31 2024 down 65.9% 43rd Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 32 2024 down 56.8% 42nd Inbound internationally mobile students from South America: Students 15 2024 down 34.8% 29th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 9 2024 down 65.4% 39th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 220 2024 up 494.6% 9th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 37 2024 down 27.5% 30th Inbound internationally mobile students from North America: Students 773 2024 up 17.1% 25th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 1 2024 — 55th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 2024 — 57th Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1,704 2024 up 45.9% 27th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 10 2024 down 73.7% 40th ← Previous Page 25 of 57 Next →