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Education across levels

How many are enrolled in education in Denmark? And how many have completed an education programme? The statistics on education programmes across all levels cover all full-time education programmes in Denmark and can be disaggregated by education programmes and sex.

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Higher education is based on upper secondary education or vocational education. Higher education covers short, medium, bachelor and long cycle higher education as well as Ph.D. education.

Selected statistics on Education across levels

This page shows selected popular statistics on the subject of Education across levels. In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data and compile your own statistics.

Students disaggregated by main fields

Here you can see the number of students who were enrolled in education on 1 October of the latest year available, disaggregated by main field.
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Last update
1.2.2024
Next update
29.1.2025
Source data

The Student Register is based on annual reports from the Danish educational institutions.

Students in upper secondary education

Here you can see the development in the number of students in upper secondary education programmes in Denmark. The figure shows the number of students on 1 October each year.
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Last update
1.2.2024
Next update
29.1.2025
Source data

The Student Register is based on annual reports from the Danish educational institutions.

Students in higher education

Here you can see the development in the number of students in higher education programmes in Denmark. The figure shows the number of students on 1 October each year.
More about the figure
Last update
1.2.2024
Next update
29.1.2025
Source data

The Student Register is based on annual reports from the Danish educational institutions.

On the statistics – documentation, sources and method

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The Student Registre

The Students Register, which was established in the early 1970's, is a longitudinal register that allow you to follow the educational careers of students in the mainline education system. The purpose of The Student Register is to analyze entrance to, enrolment in and graduation from the mainline education system as well as transmissions of student within the system.

Need more data on Education across levels?

You can go on searching on your own in Statbank Denmark. Find detailed figures, such as entry into education programmes, educational attainment and education by residential area, sex and ancestry.

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