Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Denmark
Denmark: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 100.0% in 2023. β¬ Flat
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Denmark, 1992β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 100.0% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Denmark peaked at 100.0% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 100.0%, in 1992.
Denmark ranks 1st of 136 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 7 |
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
- 1 Austria 100.0% compare
- 1 Cook Islands 99.4% compare
- 1 Germany 100.0% compare
- 1 Finland 100.0% compare
- 1 France 100.0% compare
- 1 United Kingdom 100.0% compare
- 1 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 100.0% compare
- 1 Iceland 100.0% compare
- 1 Russian Federation 100.0% compare
- 1 Sweden 100.0% compare
- 1 Ukraine 100.0% compare
- 1 Uzbekistan, Republic of 100.0% 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 primary education or higher in Denmark?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Denmark was 100.0% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1992.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 100.0% in 1992.
- How does Denmark rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Denmark ranks 1st out of 136 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release