Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 15 to 74 years - Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - Total rose 2.03% to 30.2% in Denmark in 2016, according to Eurostat.
Historically, Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 15 to 74 years - Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - Total in Denmark reached an all time high of 30.2% in 2016 and an all time low of 25.0% in 2007. When compared to Denmark's main peers, Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 15 to 74 years - Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - Total in Germany amounted to 24.4%, 29.7% in Netherlands, 35.7% in Norway and 34.1% in Sweden in 2016.
Denmark has been ranked 14th within the group of 32 countries we follow in terms of Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 15 to 74 years - Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - Total, 13 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 15 to 74 years - Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - Total | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Austria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.9% | 15.9% | 16.4% | 17.1% | 26.1% | ||||||||
| Belgium | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.3% | 29.0% | 29.8% | 30.0% | 31.2% | ||||||||
| Denmark | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.5% | 26.8% | 27.4% | 28.0% | 28.8% | ||||||||
| Finland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.7% | 31.6% | 31.8% | 32.6% | 33.8% | ||||||||
| France | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.7% | 25.3% | 26.2% | 27.4% | 28.3% | ||||||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.4% | 23.8% | 24.4% | 24.9% | 23.1% | ||||||||
| Iceland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25.2% | 26.1% | 27.4% | 28.3% | 29.1% | ||||||||
| Netherlands | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.8% | 26.8% | 27.5% | 28.1% | 28.5% | ||||||||
| Norway | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.4% | 31.0% | 32.0% | 33.0% | 34.7% | ||||||||
| Poland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18.6% | 19.5% | 20.6% | 21.6% | 22.7% | ||||||||
| Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Sweden | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27.5% | 28.4% | 29.2% | 30.4% | 31.9% | ||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.9% | 32.6% | 33.8% | 34.7% | 35.7% |
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