Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Netherlands
Netherlands: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent was 25.8% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Netherlands, 2013β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 25.8% for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in 2023. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 42.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Netherlands peaked at 25.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 18.2%, in 2013.
Netherlands ranks 14th of 81 countries on this measure, in the top 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 | 20.3% | 18.2% | 24.4% | 7 |
| 2020s | 25.0% | 24.3% | 25.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
- 11 Iceland 28.4% compare
- 12 Latvia 28.4% compare
- 13 United States 28.1% compare
- 15 Kazakhstan, Republic of 25.0% compare
- 16 Palestine, State of 24.6% compare
- 17 Finland 23.9% compare
More education data for Netherlands
- 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)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (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, per capita 0.0055 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Netherlands?
- Educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Netherlands was 25.8% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 25.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.2% in 2013.
- How does Netherlands rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Netherlands ranks 14th out of 81 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.0%. 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, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release