Finland vs Netherlands: Share of the population with tertiary education
Finland
31.2%
in 2020
Netherlands
30.9%
in 2020
Finland rank
19th
Netherlands rank
21st
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Finland
- Netherlands
How they compare
Finland currently reports 31.2% against 30.9% in Netherlands, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Netherlands ahead.
Finland ranks 19th and Netherlands ranks 21st of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 13 and Netherlands in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Finland |
| 1900s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Finland |
| 1910s | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Finland |
| 1920s | 1.5% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Finland |
| 1930s | 2.0% | 0.9% | 1.1% | Finland |
| 1940s | 2.7% | 1.1% | 1.6% | Finland |
| 1950s | 3.5% | 1.4% | 2.2% | Finland |
| 1960s | 5.0% | 2.9% | 2.0% | Finland |
| 1970s | 8.6% | 8.3% | 0.3% | Finland |
| 1980s | 14.3% | 13.7% | 0.7% | Finland |
| 1990s | 20.2% | 20.3% | 0.1% | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 33.0% | 26.4% | 6.6% | Finland |
| 2010s | 34.8% | 31.9% | 2.9% | Finland |
| 2020s | 31.2% | 30.9% | 0.3% | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Finland or Netherlands?
- Finland, at 31.2% against 30.9% in Netherlands as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Finland and Netherlands?
- 0.3%, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Netherlands?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Finland and Netherlands rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Finland ranks 19th and Netherlands ranks 21st of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.