Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Netherlands
Netherlands: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9869 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Netherlands, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 0.9869 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Netherlands peaked at 0.9869 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8113 GPIA, in 1971.
Netherlands ranks 57th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.8113 GPIA | — |
| 2004 | 0.96 GPIA | +18.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9557 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9623 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9648 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9624 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.9652 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9605 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9654 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9667 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9591 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.9549 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9562 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9599 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9759 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.97 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9755 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9691 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9749 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9869 GPIA | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8113 GPIA | 0.8113 GPIA | 0.8113 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9618 GPIA | 0.9557 GPIA | 0.9652 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.9644 GPIA | 0.9549 GPIA | 0.9759 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9769 GPIA | 0.9691 GPIA | 0.9869 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 104.16 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 104.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Netherlands?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Netherlands was 0.9869 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9869 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8113 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Netherlands rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Netherlands ranks 57th out of 131 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. 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 lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release