Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Netherlands
Netherlands: Gender ratios for mean years of schooling was 0.9637 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Netherlands, 1971–2020
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 0.9637 for gender ratios for mean years of schooling in 2020. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Netherlands peaked at 0.9637 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.892, in 1971.
Netherlands ranks 74th of 121 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.892 | 0.892 | 0.892 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9378 | 0.9314 | 0.9448 | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9487 | 0.9411 | 0.9608 | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9637 | 0.9637 | 0.9637 | 1 |
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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 gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Netherlands?
- Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Netherlands was 0.9637 in 2020, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gender ratios for mean years of schooling recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9637 in 2020.
- What is the lowest gender ratios for mean years of schooling recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.892 in 1971.
- How does Netherlands rank for gender ratios for mean years of schooling?
- Netherlands ranks 74th out of 121 countries with data for 2020.
- Is gender ratios for mean years of schooling rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Gender ratios for mean years of schooling. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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