Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with secondary schooling. in Netherlands
Netherlands: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with secondary schooling. was 63.6% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with secondary schooling. in Netherlands, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Secondary.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 63.6% for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with secondary schooling. in 2010.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with secondary schooling. in Netherlands peaked at 64.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 11.7%, in 1960.
Netherlands ranks 35th 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: Percentage of population age 15+ with secondary schooling. in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Secondary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 11.7% | — |
| 1965 | 33.9% | +191.0% |
| 1970 | 53.6% | +58.0% |
| 1975 | 57.2% | +6.8% |
| 1980 | 60.0% | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 62.7% | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 62.4% | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 62.5% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 64.4% | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 62.8% | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 63.6% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.8% | 11.7% | 33.9% | 2 |
| 1970s | 55.4% | 53.6% | 57.2% | 2 |
| 1980s | 61.3% | 60.0% | 62.7% | 2 |
| 1990s | 62.5% | 62.4% | 62.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 63.6% | 62.8% | 64.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 63.6% | 63.6% | 63.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More education data for Netherlands
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 118,472 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with secondary schooling. in Netherlands?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with secondary schooling. in Netherlands was 63.6% 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+ with secondary schooling. recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 64.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with secondary schooling. recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.7% in 1960.
- How does Netherlands rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with secondary schooling.?
- Netherlands ranks 35th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with secondary schooling. rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. 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+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 15+ with secondary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Secondary)