Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Netherlands
Netherlands: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 72.6% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Netherlands, 1971β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 72.6% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Netherlands peaked at 72.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13.5%, in 1971.
That places Netherlands 52nd out of 141 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 13.5% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 52.5% | 51.3% | 53.4% | 4 |
| 2000s | 58.9% | 54.5% | 62.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.8% | 62.3% | 70.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.6% | 69.8% | 72.6% | 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 upper secondary education or in Netherlands?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Netherlands was 72.6% 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 72.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.5% in 1971.
- How does Netherlands rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Netherlands ranks 52nd out of 141 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 11.3%. 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 upper secondary 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