Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Netherlands
Netherlands: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.9691 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Netherlands, 2006β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Netherlands is 0.9691 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.1% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Netherlands peaked at 0.9691 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7802 GPIA, in 2007.
Netherlands ranks 32nd of 37 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7842 GPIA | 0.7802 GPIA | 0.7944 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.8561 GPIA | 0.7891 GPIA | 0.9163 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.935 GPIA | 0.9048 GPIA | 0.9691 GPIA | 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)
- 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 short-cycle tertiary education in Netherlands?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Netherlands was 0.9691 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9691 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7802 GPIA in 2007.
- How does Netherlands rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Netherlands ranks 32nd out of 37 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. 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 short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release