Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Denmark
Denmark: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total was 11.53 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Denmark, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 11.53 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Denmark peaked at 11.53 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5.79, in 1970.
Denmark ranks 21st of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.59 | 7.44 | 7.73 | 2 |
| 1970s | 6.12 | 5.79 | 6.45 | 2 |
| 1980s | 7.66 | 7.31 | 8.02 | 2 |
| 1990s | 9.44 | 8.96 | 9.91 | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.96 | 10.73 | 11.19 | 2 |
| 2010s | 11.53 | 11.53 | 11.53 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
More education data for Denmark
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 42,105 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 99.78 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 99.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Denmark?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Denmark was 11.53 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 11.53 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.79 in 1970.
- How does Denmark rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total?
- Denmark ranks 21st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 25+, total is the average years of education completed among people over age 25.