Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Netherlands
Netherlands: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9606 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Netherlands, 1996–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 0.9606 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Netherlands peaked at 0.9606 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7815 GPIA, in 1998.
That places Netherlands 57th out of 107 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 | 0.7882 GPIA | 0.7815 GPIA | 0.7975 GPIA | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.8429 GPIA | 0.8147 GPIA | 0.8754 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8941 GPIA | 0.8708 GPIA | 0.9195 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9419 GPIA | 0.9171 GPIA | 0.9606 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)
- 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 upper secondary education or in Netherlands?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Netherlands was 0.9606 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9606 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7815 GPIA in 1998.
- How does Netherlands rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Netherlands ranks 57th out of 107 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release