Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Denmark

Denmark: Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 33.3% in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
33.3%
Change on year
down 7.6%
World rank
48th
of 155 countries
All-time high
49.6%
in 2000
All-time low
33.3%
in 2017
Years of data
20
1998–2017

Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Denmark, 1998–2017

010203040501998200720171998: 46.2 %1999: 48.3 %2000: 49.6 %2001: 48.8 %2002: 47.3 %2003: 47.8 %2004: 49.4 %2005: 48.3 %2006: 48.5 %2007: 47.9 %2008: 47 %2009: 46 %2010: 45.7 %2011: 46.4 %2012: 45.9 %2013: 38.8 %2014: 37.2 %2015: 37.4 %2016: 36.1 %2017: 33.3 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.

Analysis

The most recent figure for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Denmark is 33.3%, measured in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.6% on the previous year and down 30.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Denmark peaked at 49.6% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 33.3%, in 2017.

Denmark ranks 48th of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.

Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Denmark, year by year

Annual values for Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%) in Denmark, 1998 to 2017.
Year % Change
1998 46.2%
1999 48.3% +4.4%
2000 49.6% +2.7%
2001 48.8% -1.5%
2002 47.3% -3.2%
2003 47.8% +1.2%
2004 49.4% +3.3%
2005 48.3% -2.2%
2006 48.5% +0.4%
2007 47.9% -1.3%
2008 47.0% -1.9%
2009 46.0% -2.1%
2010 45.7% -0.6%
2011 46.4% +1.6%
2012 45.9% -1.1%
2013 38.8% -15.4%
2014 37.2% -4.2%
2015 37.4% +0.7%
2016 36.1% -3.7%
2017 33.3% -7.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 47.2% 46.2% 48.3% 2
2000s 48.1% 46.0% 49.6% 10
2010s 40.1% 33.3% 46.4% 8

Countries ranked near Denmark

  1. 45 Sweden 34.4% compare
  2. 46 Rwanda 34.0% compare
  3. 47 Mexico 33.7% compare
  4. 49 Estonia 33.0% compare
  5. 50 Belarus 33.0% compare
  6. 51 Spain 32.9% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Denmark?
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Denmark was 33.3% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020.
What is the highest share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Denmark?
The highest recorded value was 49.6% in 2000.
What is the lowest share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Denmark?
The lowest recorded value was 33.3% in 2017.
How does Denmark rank for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
Denmark ranks 48th out of 155 countries with data for 2017.
Is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Denmark?
Over the last ten years it is down 30.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Denmark data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020, published as part of Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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.