Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Netherlands
Netherlands: Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education was 19 years in 2020. ▲ Rising
Latest (2020)
19 years
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
6th
of 169 countries
All-time high
19 years
in 2013
All-time low
16 years
in 2001
Years of data
23
1998–2020
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Netherlands, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 19 years for official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in 2020. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Netherlands peaked at 19 years in 2013 and was at its lowest, 16 years, in 2001.
Netherlands ranks 6th of 169 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 17 years | — |
| 1999 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 17 years | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 16 years | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 16 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 19 years | +18.8% |
| 2014 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 19 years | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 19 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17 years | 17 years | 17 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 16.1 years | 16 years | 17 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.1 years | 16 years | 19 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 19 years | 19 years | 19 years | 1 |
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More education data for Netherlands
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 806,799 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.9783 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 487,792 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.62 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 985,327 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.35 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 86,024 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 12,827 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 530,206 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.12 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Netherlands?
- Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Netherlands was 19 years in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 19 years in 2013.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 16 years in 2001.
- How does Netherlands rank for official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education?
- Netherlands ranks 6th out of 169 countries with data for 2020.
- Is official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. 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 Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Age at which students would enter post-secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.