Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Denmark
Denmark: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 1.3% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Denmark, 2014β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 1.3% for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in 2023. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.3% on the previous year and up 63.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Denmark peaked at 1.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2015.
Denmark ranks 16th of 67 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
- 13 Brunei Darussalam 1.3% compare
- 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.3% compare
- 15 Iceland 1.3% compare
- 17 Austria 1.2% compare
- 18 Netherlands 1.1% compare
- 19 France 1.1% compare
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)
- School enrollment, primary 99.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.007 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Denmark?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Denmark was 1.3% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2015.
- How does Denmark rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Denmark ranks 16th out of 67 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release