Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 30-34, total in Netherlands
Netherlands: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 30-34, total was 5.98 in 2010. ▬ Flat
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 30-34, total in Netherlands, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 5.98 for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 30-34, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 30-34, total in Netherlands peaked at 5.98 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5.52, in 1965.
Netherlands ranks 22nd of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 30-34, total in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.76 | — |
| 1965 | 5.52 | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 5.76 | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 5.84 | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 5.9 | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 5.92 | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 5.93 | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 5.92 | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 5.92 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5.82 | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 5.98 | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.64 | 5.52 | 5.76 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.8 | 5.76 | 5.84 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.91 | 5.9 | 5.92 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.92 | 5.92 | 5.93 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.87 | 5.82 | 5.92 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.98 | 5.98 | 5.98 | 1 |
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More education data for Netherlands
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 98,851 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 30-34, total in Netherlands?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 30-34, total in Netherlands was 5.98 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 30-34, total recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 5.98 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 30-34, total recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.52 in 1965.
- How does Netherlands rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 30-34, total?
- Netherlands ranks 22nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 30-34, total rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 30-34, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 30-34, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 30-34.