Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Netherlands
Netherlands: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total was 12.77 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 30-34, 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 total schooling, age 30-34, total in Netherlands is 12.77, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Netherlands peaked at 12.77 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.55, in 1960.
That places Netherlands 17th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it 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 30-34, total in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.55 | — |
| 1965 | 7.33 | +11.9% |
| 1970 | 9.04 | +23.3% |
| 1975 | 9.79 | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 10.53 | +7.6% |
| 1985 | 11.09 | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 11.59 | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 11.63 | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 11.9 | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 12.02 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 12.77 | +6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.94 | 6.55 | 7.33 | 2 |
| 1970s | 9.41 | 9.04 | 9.79 | 2 |
| 1980s | 10.81 | 10.53 | 11.09 | 2 |
| 1990s | 11.61 | 11.59 | 11.63 | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.96 | 11.9 | 12.02 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.77 | 12.77 | 12.77 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More education data for Netherlands
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Netherlands?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total in Netherlands was 12.77 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 30-34, total recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 12.77 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.55 in 1960.
- How does Netherlands rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total?
- Netherlands ranks 17th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 30-34, total rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. 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 30-34, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 30-34, total is the average years of education completed among people age 30-34.