Education in Denmark

3,402 indicators covering education for Denmark.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 17.6% 2023 up 15.8% 19th
Completion rate, primary education, rural, both sexes 99.5% 2021 down 0.5% 15th
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 23.0% 2023 up 18.2% 13th
Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% 75th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, female 73.4% 2021 up 17.4% 37th
Net flow of internationally mobile students (inbound - outbound) 1.14 GPIA 2023 down 2.9% 42nd
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold and educational 6.9% 2025 down 4.2% 41st
Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% 75th
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 14.0% 2023 up 38.9% 23rd
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged 5th
Completion rate, primary education, adjusted location parity index 1 LPIA 2021 up 0.1% 13th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, male 65.1% 2021 up 13.6% 36th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, male 98.8% 2021 down 1.1% 13th
Educational attainment, at least Master's or equivalent, population 14.0% 2023 up 38.9% 23rd
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female 99.2% 2021 down 0.8% 16th
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 13.9% 2023 up 47.1% 22nd
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 0.5126 LPIA 2023 up 9.0% 24th
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 0.5875 LPIA 2023 up 5.4% 18th
Share of students enrolled in school and work-based programmes 99.92 Percentage of students in the same subgroup 2024 up 0.2% 3rd
Inbound internationally mobile students from North America, adjusted 1.14 GPIA 2023 up 0.8% 36th
Educational attainment, at least Master's or equivalent, population 13.9% 2023 up 47.1% 22nd
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 28.0% 2023 up 21.0% 29th
Inbound internationally mobile students from South and West Asia 0.7814 2023 up 70.5% 30th
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 28.5% 2023 up 20.1% 10th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1.06 GPIA 2023 down 11.3% 40th
Completion rate, primary education, urban, female 99.6% 2021 down 0.4% 14th
Completion rate, primary education, rural, female 99.6% 2021 down 0.4% 16th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, adjusted 0.8767 GPIA 2021 down 4.6% 51st
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 1.38 GPIA 2023 up 1.7% 7th
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 14.2% 2023 up 31.9% 24th
Inbound internationally mobile students from North America: Students 1.13 GPIA 2023 up 4.9% 36th
Proportion of youth and adults that did Internet banking, both sexes 97.7% 2024 up 15.9% 1st
Net flow ratio of internationally mobile students (inbound) 0.8639 GPIA 2023 down 5.8% 43rd
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 48.0% 2023 up 20.9% 18th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Latin America and the 0.8969 GPIA 2023 down 12.0% 51st
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 72.4% 2021 up 61.2% 12th
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 0.6514 LPIA 2023 up 2.8% 19th
Educational attainment, at least Master's or equivalent, population 14.2% 2023 up 31.9% 24th
Proportion of youth and adults who have purchased or ordered goods or 81.7% 2024 up 23.0% 1st
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 44.0% 2023 up 17.6% 19th
Repeaters in Grade 7 of primary education, both sexes 296 2024 down 12.7% 16th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.7% 2023 down 10.3% 8th
Percentage of teachers in short cycle tertiary education who are 45.5% 2024 up 12.4% 38th
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 39.8% 2023 up 13.7% 25th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 3.1% 2018 down 4.4% 53rd
Completion rate, primary education, urban, male 99.2% 2021 down 0.8% 21st
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 79.0% 2021 up 59.4% 13th
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 23.0% 2023 up 18.4% 32nd
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 9.0% 38th
Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination by sex, age, main 0.5% 2025 — 21st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1.14 GPIA 2023 down 7.8% 37th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 39.6% 42nd
Self-reported unmet needs for dental examination by sex, age, main 9.4% 2025 up 235.7% 3rd
Adults by number of children, age of youngest child and educational 487.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 7.1% 20th
Level of disability (activity limitation) by sex, age and educational 9.2% 2025 down 43.6% 14th
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 80.9% 2021 up 61.5% 7th
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 33.2% 2023 up 23.5% 20th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.6111 GPIA 2023 up 78.6% 37th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0.6536 GPIA 2023 up 17.6% 44th
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 1.17 GPIA 2023 up 4.7% 10th