Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary in Netherlands
Netherlands: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary was 20.3% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary in Netherlands, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 20.3% for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary in Netherlands peaked at 20.3% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 1960.
Netherlands ranks 60th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.0% | — |
| 1965 | 3.3% | +234.0% |
| 1970 | 5.7% | +70.7% |
| 1975 | 13.8% | +141.2% |
| 1980 | 17.7% | +28.4% |
| 1985 | 17.2% | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 16.1% | -6.5% |
| 1995 | 17.0% | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 18.7% | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 17.5% | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 20.3% | +16.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.2% | 1.0% | 3.3% | 2 |
| 1970s | 9.7% | 5.7% | 13.8% | 2 |
| 1980s | 17.4% | 17.2% | 17.7% | 2 |
| 1990s | 16.5% | 16.1% | 17.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 18.1% | 17.5% | 18.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 20.3% | 20.3% | 20.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More education data for Netherlands
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 23,856 (1985)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 247,743 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 240,049 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.61 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.14 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.0937 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.064 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary in Netherlands?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary in Netherlands was 20.3% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 20.3% in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 1960.
- How does Netherlands rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary?
- Netherlands ranks 60th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. 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: Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 15-19 with secondary schooling. Completed Secondary