Netherlands vs OECD members: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in

Netherlands
67.5%
in 2018
OECD members
31.1%
in 2019
Netherlands rank
14th
OECD members rank
11th

Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in over time

  • Netherlands
  • OECD members
020406080199720082019

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 67.5% against 31.1% in OECD members, a difference of 36.4%.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 2.2 times OECD members's.

Across all 19 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.

Netherlands ranks 14th and OECD members ranks 11th of 158 countries.

Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Netherlands OECD members Difference Ahead
1990s 66.7% 34.8% 31.9% Netherlands
2000s 68.6% 30.5% 38.1% Netherlands
2010s 68.1% 30.3% 37.8% Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in, Netherlands or OECD members?
Netherlands, at 67.5% against 31.1% in OECD members as of 2018.
What is the difference in share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in between Netherlands and OECD members?
36.4%, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and OECD members?
19 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2018.
How do Netherlands and OECD members rank globally for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
Netherlands ranks 14th and OECD members ranks 11th of 158 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
203 places, 3,533 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.