Education in Denmark 3,402 indicators covering education for Denmark. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 99.7% 2025 up 0.1% 5th Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 99.8% 2025 up 0.1% 7th Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1 modelled data 2025 up 0.0% 126th Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 99.7% 2025 up 0.1% 5th Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 76.7% 2025 up 3.1% 65th Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 82.4% 2025 up 3.4% 62nd Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.13 modelled data 2025 up 0.5% 47th Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 71.3% 2025 up 2.7% 65th Teachers in secondary education, male 22,385 2024 up 4.6% 85th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.7% 2025 down 12.4% 96th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.4% 2025 down 11.5% 83rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.5% 2025 down 11.9% 85th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 92.9% 2024 down 2.4% 34th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 65.5% 2024 down 3.7% 32nd Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.29 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% 72nd Primary education, teachers 67.2% 2024 down 2.9% 137th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 32,390 number 2018 — 41st Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 5 % change on previous year 2001 — 49th Repeaters, primary, total 0.9% 2017 — 124th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 4.42 years 2024 down 9.8% 38th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 3.11 years 2024 down 13.0% 40th School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.3 GPIA 2024 up 2.0% 71st Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 0.6% 2018 down 7.0% 146th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 18.11 years 2024 down 5.7% 17th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 99.7% 2024 down 0.4% 46th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 26,679 number 2018 — 50th Persistence to grade 5, total 99.7% 2023 up 0.1% 8th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 99.7% 2023 up 0.2% 9th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 17 2024 down 19.0% 156th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 22 2024 down 12.0% 156th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 61 2024 down 14.1% 152nd Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 99 2024 down 10.8% 148th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 98.9% 2017 down 0.5% 123rd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 97.8% 2017 down 0.9% 131st Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 2.9% 2024 up 4.7% 136th School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 2.89 years 2024 down 1.8% 39th School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 2.93 years 2024 up 0.3% 37th School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9845 GPIA 2024 down 2.1% 155th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 92.5% 2024 down 1.5% 151st Teachers in pre-primary education, male 1,464 2024 up 30.1% 50th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 18,139 2024 up 3.6% 58th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.07 GPI 2018 down 1.5% 44th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 12,631 2024 up 8.8% 53rd Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 46.9% 2024 up 13.9% 77th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 14,286 2024 down 13.8% 54th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.0% 2100 down 28.8% 197th Number of adults with no formal education by region 1,000 people 2100 down 28.6% 177th Population by level of education 3.47 million people 2100 up 6.5% 106th Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 1.38 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 3.6% 10th Repeaters, primary, female 0.7% 2017 — 121st Repeaters, primary, male 1.1% 2017 — 122nd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 18.71 years 2024 down 6.3% 18th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 17.52 years 2024 down 5.0% 14th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.06 GPIA 2024 down 1.2% 78th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 89.3% 2018 — 149th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 100.0% 2024 down 0.2% 40th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 99.4% 2024 down 0.7% 51st Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 0.9948 GPIA 2024 down 0.6% 129th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 28,916 number 2018 — 37th School enrollment, secondary, private 16.0% 2024 up 20.7% 79th ← Previous Page 8 of 57 Next →