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The statistic is published in New from Statistics Denmark and in the StatBank under Education expenditures. For more information see the subject page. In addition, the figures are included in OECD's annual publication Education at a Glance. Moreover, data is published by OECD and Eurostat.
Release calendar
The publication date appears in the release calendar. The date is confirmed in the weeks before.
Release calendar access
The Release Calender can be accessed on our English website: Release Calender.
User access
Statistics are always published at 8:00 a.m. at the day announced in the release calendar. No one outside of Statistics Denmark can access the statistics before they are published.
News release
The statistic is published in New from Statistics Denmark: Education expenditures.
Publications
The statistic is published in OECD's Education at a Glance, which uses the statistic as an input to calculate a number of different education indicators. These indicators will be described in Education at a Glance and forms the foundation for comparisons across countries.
On-line database
The statistics are published in StatBank Denmark under Education expenditures in the following tables:
- UOE1: Expenditure on education by level of education, type of expenditure and ownership
- UOE2:Expenditure on education by level of education, source of funding and counterpart sector
The tables have in 2023 been updated such that the level of expenditure equals the level of funding of education. This is done by adding the expenditure types Scholarships and other grants and Unknown. The latter is a balancing item. This item gives an indication of whether there is an over/underfunding of education.
Micro-data access
Micro-data is not available.
Other
Data is transmitted to Eurostat, who forwards data to OECD and UNESCO. Transmitted data can be found in the international databases at OECD and Eurostat.
Confidentiality - policy
The statistic follows Statistics Denmark's data confidentially policy.
Confidentiality - data treatment
The statistics are published at a level of detail that does not require further discretion.
Documentation on methodology
The statistics are produced according to the guidelines of the UOE data collection of formal education.
Quality documentation
Results from the quality evaluation of products and selected processes are available in detail for each statistics and in summary reports for the Working Group on Quality.