Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Netherlands
Netherlands: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9605 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Netherlands, 1971β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Netherlands is 0.9605 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Netherlands peaked at 0.9605 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7059 GPIA, in 1971.
Netherlands ranks 72nd of 137 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.7059 GPIA | 0.7059 GPIA | 0.7059 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.7888 GPIA | 0.782 GPIA | 0.7987 GPIA | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.844 GPIA | 0.814 GPIA | 0.8755 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8937 GPIA | 0.8716 GPIA | 0.9194 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9418 GPIA | 0.9157 GPIA | 0.9605 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
- 69 Seychelles 0.9666 GPIA compare
- 70 France 0.964 GPIA compare
- 71 Republic of Moldova 0.9624 GPIA compare
- 73 Macau, China 0.9567 GPIA compare
- 74 Malta 0.9563 GPIA compare
- 75 Australia 0.9554 GPIA 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 upper secondary education or in Netherlands?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Netherlands was 0.9605 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 0.9605 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7059 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Netherlands rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Netherlands ranks 72nd out of 137 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 8.9%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release