Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Netherlands, The
Netherlands, The: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8352 NPIA in 2023. βΌ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Netherlands, The, 2006β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in NPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Netherlands, The is 0.8352 NPIA, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.3% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Netherlands, The peaked at 1.03 NPIA in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.8352 NPIA, in 2023.
Netherlands, The ranks 32nd of 37 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9737 NPIA | 0.8739 NPIA | 1.03 NPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.948 NPIA | 0.9046 NPIA | 0.977 NPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.8902 NPIA | 0.8352 NPIA | 0.9594 NPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands, The
- 29 Slovenia, Republic of 0.8413 NPIA compare
- 30 United States 0.838 NPIA compare
- 31 Sweden 0.8368 NPIA compare
- 33 Belgium 0.8316 NPIA compare
- 34 Ghana 0.819 NPIA compare
- 35 Costa Rica 0.8078 NPIA compare
More education data for Netherlands, The
- 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 upper secondary education or in Netherlands, The?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Netherlands, The was 0.8352 NPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Netherlands, The?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 NPIA in 2006.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Netherlands, The?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8352 NPIA in 2023.
- How does Netherlands, The rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Netherlands, The ranks 32nd out of 37 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Netherlands, The?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands, The 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, adjusted native parity index (NPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release