Total contributions to GPE
US$588,371,648
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Aid to education
Danish foreign aid and international development funds are managed by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).
Denmark’s priorities for development cooperation in education include:
- Education for the marginalized
- Education in fragile contexts
- Access to quality education
- Gender equality
In 2017, the top recipients of basic education ODA disbursement were: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Myanmar and Nigeria.
* Denmark's pledge goes through to 2021, and the share of its pledge to total pledges takes this additional year into account.
Where there is education, there is hope. Every child has a right to education, every child has a right to hope. The Global Partnership for Education plays an absolutely indispensable part in delivering education and delivering hope.
Martin Bille Hermann
Ambassador and Permanent Representative
of Denmark to the United Nations
February 2018
Ambassador and Permanent Representative
of Denmark to the United Nations
February 2018
Denmark and GPE
Denmark hosted the first-ever GPE Replenishment Conference in November 2011.
Denmark sits on the Finance and Risk Committee.
Last updated August 06, 2021