Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, female in Netherlands
Netherlands: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, female was 11.16 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, female in Netherlands, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 11.16 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, female in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, female in Netherlands peaked at 11.16 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.19, in 1960.
Netherlands ranks 26th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, female in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.19 | — |
| 1965 | 7.16 | +15.7% |
| 1970 | 7.99 | +11.6% |
| 1975 | 8.55 | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 9.03 | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 9.51 | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 9.91 | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 10.23 | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 10.52 | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 10.55 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 11.16 | +5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.68 | 6.19 | 7.16 | 2 |
| 1970s | 8.27 | 7.99 | 8.55 | 2 |
| 1980s | 9.27 | 9.03 | 9.51 | 2 |
| 1990s | 10.07 | 9.91 | 10.23 | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.54 | 10.52 | 10.55 | 2 |
| 2010s | 11.16 | 11.16 | 11.16 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More education data for Netherlands
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.61 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.2323 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 98,851 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 803,955 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.5279 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 806,799 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.9783 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 487,792 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.62 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, female in Netherlands?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, female in Netherlands was 11.16 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, female recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 11.16 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, female recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.19 in 1960.
- How does Netherlands rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, female?
- Netherlands ranks 26th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, female rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 total schooling, age 15+, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 15+, female is the average years of education completed among females over age 15.