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Adult education

How many course participants have participated in adult education programmes? How many full programmes of adult education are completed? The statistics on adult education include persons who participate in adult and continuing education and training, i.e. formal education programmes funded, managed and organised by a public provider.

Selected statistics on Adult education programmes

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

Development in course participation

Here you can see the development in course participations. The figures are for school years, i.e. 2020 covers the school year 2019/2020, etc.
More about the figure
Last update
26.2.2024
Next update
25.3.2025
Source data

Statistics Denmark receive data from folk high schools, university colleges, academies of professional higher education and universities in order to report course activity from approved course providers. As regards course activity at general and preparatory adult education, adult vocational programmes (in Danish AMU) and vocational colleges the Ministry of Education is responsible for data collection. The Ministry of Immigration and Integration is in charge of the data collection concerning Danish language courses for foreigners.

Development in completed adult education programmes

Here you can see the development in the number of completed adult education programmes. The figures are for school years, i.e. 2020 covers the school year 2019/2020, etc.
More about the figure
Last update
27.2.2024
Next update
26.2.2025
Source data

Statistics Denmark receive data from folk high schools, university colleges, academies of professional higher education and universities in order to report course activity from approved course providers. As regards course activity at general and preparatory adult education, adult vocational programmes (in Danish AMU) and vocational colleges the Ministry of Education is responsible for data collection. The Ministry of Immigration and Integration is in charge of the data collection concerning Danish language courses for foreigners.

Completed adult education programmes by previous educational attainment

Here you can see the education (highest educational attainment) already held by persons who have completed an adult education programme.
More about the figure
Last update
27.2.2024
Next update
26.2.2025
Source data

Statistics Denmark receive data from folk high schools, university colleges, academies of professional higher education and universities in order to report course activity from approved course providers. As regards course activity at general and preparatory adult education, adult vocational programmes (in Danish AMU) and vocational colleges the Ministry of Education is responsible for data collection. The Ministry of Immigration and Integration is in charge of the data collection concerning Danish language courses for foreigners.

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Adult education and continuing training

The purpose of the statistics is to provide a picture of the people's participation in courses and adult education i.e. formal courses which are financed, planned and controlled by a public provider.
The data collection on course activities has stated at different times for the different course types, and the first ones are registered from 1970's.

Adult Education Survey (AES)

The purpose of Adult Education Survey is to give a description of the adult populations participation in life long learning. The survey has been carried out in all EU-countries after the same guidelines. This makes the Adult Education Survey the best Danish survey for international comparisons on participation in the life long learning.

Continuing Vocational Training Survey (CVTS)

The purpose of the CVTS survey has been to create a comparable European statistics on Continual Vocational Training and education of the employees in enterprises. The statistic constitutes a part of the strategic goal of long life learning., which is a central feature in EU's strategy to increase the competitiveness of European enterprises hen hence the economic growth.

Need more data on Adult education programmes?

You can go on searching on your own in Statbank Denmark. Find detailed figures on courses and adult education, e.g. broken down by field of education, sex and age.

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