China vs Denmark: Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates

China
99.6%
in 2024
Denmark
99.8%
in 2024
China rank
120th
Denmark rank
117th

Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates over time

  • China
  • Denmark
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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 99.8% against 99.6% in China, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 20 shared years of data; in 2001 it was China ahead.

China ranks 120th and Denmark ranks 117th of 217 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
217 places, 7,766 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Number of children of any age group who are enrolled in primary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the official primary school age.