Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Denmark
Denmark: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 1.01 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Denmark, 2008β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Denmark stood at 1.01 GPIA.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Denmark peaked at 1.01 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.902 GPIA, in 2008.
Denmark ranks 10th of 40 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9066 GPIA | 0.902 GPIA | 0.9111 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.9608 GPIA | 0.9193 GPIA | 0.9942 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 GPIA | 0.989 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 4 |
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)
- 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 upper secondary education or in Denmark?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Denmark was 1.01 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.902 GPIA in 2008.
- How does Denmark rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Denmark ranks 10th out of 40 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release