Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services adjusted in Netherlands
Netherlands: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services adjusted was 0.8% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Netherlands, 1999–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 0.8% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2023.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Netherlands peaked at 1.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2018.
Netherlands ranks 39th of 111 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services adjusted in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1.1% | — |
| 2000 | 1.2% | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 1.1% | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | -17.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9% | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | -11.0% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | -1.7% |
Netherlands compared with similar countries
- Netherlands's 0.8% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.7%, 1.2× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Netherlands's 0.8% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.6%, 1.4× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More education data for Netherlands
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.64 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.48 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 118,472 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 23,856 (1985)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 247,743 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 240,049 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.61 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.14 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.0937 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Netherlands?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Netherlands was 0.8% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2018.
- How does Netherlands rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Netherlands ranks 39th out of 111 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Services programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release