Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Netherlands
Netherlands: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 38.5% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Netherlands, 1996β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 38.5% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 41.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Netherlands peaked at 38.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 16.2%, in 1998.
Netherlands ranks 34th of 128 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.9% | 16.2% | 17.5% | 4 |
| 2000s | 22.1% | 18.5% | 25.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.1% | 25.8% | 34.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.2% | 35.4% | 38.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
- 31 Slovenia 39.4% compare
- 32 France 38.8% compare
- 33 New Zealand 38.6% compare
- 35 Andorra 37.9% compare
- 36 Seychelles 37.3% compare
- 37 Switzerland 37.3% 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 short-cycle tertiary education in Netherlands?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Netherlands was 38.5% 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 38.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.2% in 1998.
- How does Netherlands rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Netherlands ranks 34th out of 128 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 41.3%. 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, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release