Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Netherlands
Netherlands: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.8465 NPIA in 2023. ▼ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Netherlands, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in NPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Netherlands stood at 0.8465 NPIA. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.1% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Netherlands peaked at 0.953 NPIA in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.8465 NPIA, in 2023.
That places Netherlands 33rd out of 33 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | NPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.9508 NPIA | — |
| 2007 | 0.953 NPIA | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9245 NPIA | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9243 NPIA | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9367 NPIA | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9416 NPIA | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9363 NPIA | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9313 NPIA | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9243 NPIA | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.9256 NPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9374 NPIA | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9371 NPIA | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9226 NPIA | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9338 NPIA | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9301 NPIA | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.8787 NPIA | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 0.8828 NPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.8465 NPIA | -4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9381 NPIA | 0.9243 NPIA | 0.953 NPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9327 NPIA | 0.9226 NPIA | 0.9416 NPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8845 NPIA | 0.8465 NPIA | 0.9301 NPIA | 4 |
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 primary education or higher in Netherlands?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Netherlands was 0.8465 NPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.953 NPIA in 2007.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8465 NPIA in 2023.
- How does Netherlands rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Netherlands ranks 33rd out of 33 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted native parity index (NPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release