Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Netherlands
Netherlands: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 1.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Netherlands, 2011–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Netherlands stood at 1.7%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 15.2% on the previous year and up 282.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Netherlands peaked at 1.7% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2012.
That places Netherlands 153rd out of 179 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.4% | 1.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More education data for Netherlands
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.2% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 98,851 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.43 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 103.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Netherlands?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Netherlands was 1.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.7% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2012.
- How does Netherlands rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Netherlands ranks 153rd out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 282.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who are not in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children one year before the official primary entry age (typically age 5) not enrolled in pre-primary education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.