Denmark vs Germany: Primary school starting age
Denmark
6 years
in 2025
Germany
6 years
in 2025
Denmark rank
33rd
Germany rank
33rd
Primary school starting age over time
- Denmark
- Germany
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 6 years against 6 years in Germany, a difference of 0 years.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Germany ahead.
Denmark ranks 33rd and Germany ranks 33rd of 210 countries.
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About this data
Primary school starting age is the age at which students would enter primary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.