Education in Denmark

3,402 indicators covering education for Denmark.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 295 2024 down 23.6% 13th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 382 2024 up 18.3% 13th
Inbound internationally mobile students from North America: Students 87 2024 up 47.5% 23rd
Inbound internationally mobile students from North America: Students 87 2024 down 4.4% 21st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia, male 2,534 2024 up 49.7% 43rd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 210 2024 up 128.3% 37th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 304 2024 up 72.7% 38th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia, female 2,368 2024 up 56.5% 40th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from the 4 2024 unchanged 42nd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from the 5 2024 up 66.7% 42nd
Completion rate, by sex, location, wealth quintile and education level 98.8% 2021 down 1.2% 15th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 0.96 LPIA 2023 down 4.4% 34th
Education statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Enrolment rate 87.6 Percentage of population in the same sex and age 2022 up 0.1% 14th
Students enrolment - Regions — Enrolment rate 87.6 Percentage of population in the same sex and age 2022 up 0.1% 14th
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged 10th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 91.0% 2023 down 8.8% 31st
HICP - Education services (Neither seasonally nor working day) 11.22 2026 up 10.4% 17th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 90.8% 2023 down 9.1% 29th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 90.5% 2023 down 9.4% 28th
Share of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 6, 7, and 8 programmes, male 13,445 2024 down 13.8% 24th
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 0.9943 GPIA 2023 down 0.6% 29th
Mean age of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates — Students 14.44 Years 2024 down 0.5% 9th
Share of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates by gender 48.73 Percentage of students 2024 down 0.2% 16th
Government expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education 0 millions 2011 — 77th
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged 6th
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged 15th
Government expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education, PPP$ 0 millions 2011 — 77th
Government expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education 0 millions 2011 — 77th
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged 4th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 0.9557 LPIA 2023 down 4.7% 35th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 0.9639 LPIA 2023 down 4.1% 32nd
Share of enrolled part-time and full-time students — Students enrolled 95.74 Percentage of students 2024 up 4.7% 19th
Repetition rate in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male 2.4% 2023 — 40th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.4875 GPIA 2019 down 46.5% 60th
Repetition rate in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education 2.2% 2023 — 38th
Percentage of teachers in ISCED 6, 7, and 8 who are female 47.0% 2024 up 14.0% 37th
Net flow of internationally mobile students (inbound - outbound) 12,733 2023 down 3.9% 26th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.11 GPIA 2021 down 1.6% 17th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.01 GPIA 2021 up 0.7% 52nd
Share of mobile students enrolled at tertiary level by country of 3.3 Percentage of students 2024 up 21.9% 8th
Net flow ratio of internationally mobile students (inbound) 7.4% 2023 down 6.9% 22nd
Participation rate in education and training 65.1% 2025 down 9.7% 15th
Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by 65.1% 2025 down 9.7% 15th
Early leavers from education and training by degree of urbanisation 10.0% 2025 up 23.5% 10th
Number of enrolled students, graduates and new entrants by field of 0 Persons 2024 — 6th
Adjusted location parity index for completion rate, by sex, wealth 1 ratio 2021 up 0.2% 13th
Number of enrolled students, graduates and new entrants by field of 0 Persons 2024 — 8th
Education indicators by NUTS 2 region 53.9 2012 up 1.3% 19th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 29.9% 2023 up 0.3% 3rd
Percentage of enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education in 0.0% 2012 — 67th
Initial private expenditure on education (household) as a percentage 0.5% 2022 up 16.9% 59th
Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes 1,543 2024 down 6.5% 36th
Enrolment data adjusted to the financial year — Students enrolled 1.49 million Persons 2023 down 4.7% 18th
Total number of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates 285,076 Persons 2024 down 5.1% 17th
HICP - EDUCATION 3.8 2025 up 26.7% 15th
Distribution of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates by 100 Percentage of students 2024 unchanged 1st