Wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Denmark

Denmark: Wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below was 1.0% in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
1.0%
Change on year
up 3.7%
World rank
11th
of 103 countries
All-time high
1.0%
in 2006
All-time low
0.6%
in 2004
Years of data
16
1991–2016

Wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Denmark, 1991–2016

00.20.40.60.811991200320161991: 0.906 % of employed population with low education in working age1992: 0.88 % of employed population with low education in working age1993: 0.883 % of employed population with low education in working age2004: 0.649 % of employed population with low education in working age2005: 0.776 % of employed population with low education in working age2006: 1 % of employed population with low education in working age2007: 1 % of employed population with low education in working age2008: 0.851 % of employed population with low education in working age2009: 0.766 % of employed population with low education in working age2010: 0.753 % of employed population with low education in working age2011: 0.853 % of employed population with low education in working age2012: 1 % of employed population with low education in working age2013: 1 % of employed population with low education in working age2014: 0.909 % of employed population with low education in working age2015: 0.923 % of employed population with low education in working age2016: 0.957 % of employed population with low education in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of employed population with low education in working age.

Analysis

Denmark recorded 1.0% for wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below in 2016.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Denmark peaked at 1.0% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2004.

Denmark ranks 11th of 103 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Denmark, year by year

Annual values for Wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of employed population with low education in working age) in Denmark, 1991 to 2016.
Year % of employed population with low education in working age Change
1991 0.9%
1992 0.9% -2.9%
1993 0.9% +0.3%
2004 0.6% -26.4%
2005 0.8% +19.5%
2006 1.0% +28.8%
2007 1.0% +0.0%
2008 0.9% -14.9%
2009 0.8% -10.1%
2010 0.8% -1.6%
2011 0.9% +13.3%
2012 1.0% +17.2%
2013 1.0% +0.0%
2014 0.9% -9.1%
2015 0.9% +1.6%
2016 1.0% +3.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 3
2000s 0.8% 0.6% 1.0% 6
2010s 0.9% 0.8% 1.0% 7

Countries ranked near Denmark

  1. 8 Germany 1.0% compare
  2. 9 Norway 1.0% compare
  3. 10 Estonia 1.0% compare
  4. 12 Luxembourg 1.0% compare
  5. 13 Hungary 0.9% compare
  6. 14 Sweden 0.9% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Denmark?
Wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Denmark was 1.0% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below recorded in Denmark?
The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2006.
What is the lowest wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below recorded in Denmark?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2004.
How does Denmark rank for wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below?
Denmark ranks 11th out of 103 countries with data for 2016.
Is wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below rising or falling in Denmark?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Denmark data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of employed population with low education in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of employed population with low education in working age)
Unit
% of employed population with low education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
103 places, 1,424 data points, 1970–2021
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