Denmark vs Sweden: Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in

Denmark
33.3%
in 2017
Sweden
34.4%
in 2017
Denmark rank
48th
Sweden rank
45th

Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in over time

  • Denmark
  • Sweden
0204060199820072017

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 34.4% against 33.3% in Denmark, a difference of 1.1%.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 48th and Sweden ranks 45th of 155 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Denmark Sweden Difference Ahead
1990s 47.2% 43.2% 4.0% Denmark
2000s 48.1% 52.3% 4.3% Sweden
2010s 40.1% 43.0% 2.9% Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in, Denmark or Sweden?
Sweden, at 34.4% against 33.3% in Denmark as of 2017.
What is the difference in share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in between Denmark and Sweden?
1.1%, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Sweden?
20 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2017.
How do Denmark and Sweden rank globally for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
Denmark ranks 48th and Sweden ranks 45th of 155 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020, published as Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
200 places, 3,299 data points, 1997–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of female students enrolled in vocational programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of female students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.