Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general in Denmark

Denmark: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general was 62.3% in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
62.3%
Change on year
up 2.0%
World rank
134th
of 179 countries
All-time high
62.3%
in 2018
All-time low
45.0%
in 2004
Years of data
21
1998–2018

Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general in Denmark, 1998–2018

02040601998200820181998: 48.2 %1999: 46.7 %2000: 45.3 %2001: 45.7 %2002: 47 %2003: 46.7 %2004: 45 %2005: 45.6 %2006: 45.6 %2007: 46.3 %2008: 47 %2009: 48 %2010: 48.5 %2011: 48.9 %2012: 49.7 %2013: 56.7 %2014: 57.8 %2015: 57.5 %2016: 59.4 %2017: 61.1 %2018: 62.3 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2018, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general in Denmark stood at 62.3%. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 32.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general in Denmark peaked at 62.3% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 45.0%, in 2004.

Denmark ranks 134th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 47.5% 46.7% 48.2% 2
2000s 46.2% 45.0% 48.0% 10
2010s 55.8% 48.5% 62.3% 9

Countries ranked near Denmark

  1. 131 Rwanda 63.2% compare
  2. 132 Mali 62.9% compare
  3. 133 Philippines 62.5% compare
  4. 135 Hungary 62.0% compare
  5. 136 Latvia 61.1% compare
  6. 137 France 60.7% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general in Denmark?
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general in Denmark was 62.3% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Denmark?
The highest recorded value was 62.3% in 2018.
What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Denmark?
The lowest recorded value was 45.0% in 2004.
How does Denmark rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general?
Denmark ranks 134th out of 179 countries with data for 2018.
Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general rising or falling in Denmark?
Over the last ten years it is up 32.5%. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
224 places, 3,926 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of students enrolled in general programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper secondary level. General education is designed to develop learners’ general knowledge, skills and competencies and literacy and numeracy skills, often to prepare students for more advanced educational programmes at the same or higher ISCED levels and to lay the foundation for lifelong learning. General educational programmes are typically school- or college-based. General education includes educational programmes that are designed to prepare students for entry into vocational education, but that do not prepare for employment in a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades, nor lead directly to a labour market relevant qualification.