Despite a declining trend, a large proportion of adult Danes still have not completed a qualifying education.
This is shown by figures from Statistics Denmark.
The figures show that last year, among the 25-69-year-olds, 24 per cent had neither taken a vocational education nor a higher education.
This means that almost every fourth person in this age group has not completed what is described as a qualifying education.
Part of the story is that the 24 percent is the lowest share for a number of years.
It is still worrying that there are still so many who are without a qualifying education. This is the opinion of Mette Fjord Sørensen, Deputy Director of Danish Industry.
– The new figures show that the long-standing tendency for more people to complete higher education continues. That, of course, is gratifying.
– However, it is crucial that more people complete higher education in, for example, the IT and engineering area, where companies in the coming years will need more employees, she says in a written comment.
The figures from Statistics Denmark show that there are regional differences in relation to the proportion of adults who have completed a vocational education or a higher education.
With just over 26 per cent, Region Zealand has the highest proportion without a vocational qualification. At the other end of the scale is the Capital Region with a share of 22 percent.
There are also differences at the municipal level.
The highest proportion in 2020 is seen in Ishøj, where 35 per cent of the adults do not yet have a vocational qualification, while the lowest proportion of 16 per cent is to be found in Allerød.
Source: The Nordic Page