Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total in Netherlands
Netherlands: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total was 5.97 in 2010. ▬ Flat
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total in Netherlands, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total in Netherlands is 5.97, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total in Netherlands peaked at 5.97 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5.65, in 1970.
That places Netherlands 22nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.93 | — |
| 1965 | 5.79 | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 5.65 | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 5.77 | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 5.83 | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 5.89 | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 5.91 | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 5.92 | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 5.91 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 5.82 | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 5.97 | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.86 | 5.79 | 5.93 | 2 |
| 1970s | 5.71 | 5.65 | 5.77 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.86 | 5.83 | 5.89 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.92 | 5.91 | 5.92 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.87 | 5.82 | 5.91 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.97 | 5.97 | 5.97 | 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 35-39, total in Netherlands?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total in Netherlands was 5.97 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 35-39, total recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 5.97 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.65 in 1970.
- How does Netherlands rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, total?
- Netherlands ranks 22nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 35-39, 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 35-39, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 35-39, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 35-39.