Proportion of youth and adults that programmed or coded in digital in Netherlands
Netherlands: Proportion of youth and adults that programmed or coded in digital was 4.1% in 2016. β² Rising
Latest (2016)
4.1%
Change on year
up 41.4%
World rank
21st
of 47 countries
All-time high
4.1%
in 2016
All-time low
2.5%
in 2011
Years of data
5
2011β2016
Proportion of youth and adults that programmed or coded in digital in Netherlands, 2011β2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 4.1% for proportion of youth and adults that programmed or coded in digital in 2016. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 41.4% on the previous year and up 64.0% over ten years.
Netherlands ranks 21st of 47 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 proportion of youth and adults that programmed or coded in digital in Netherlands?
- Proportion of youth and adults that programmed or coded in digital in Netherlands was 4.1% in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of youth and adults that programmed or coded in digital recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 4.1% in 2016.
- What is the lowest proportion of youth and adults that programmed or coded in digital recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2011.
- How does Netherlands rank for proportion of youth and adults that programmed or coded in digital?
- Netherlands ranks 21st out of 47 countries with data for 2016.
- Is proportion of youth and adults that programmed or coded in digital rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.0%. 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 Proportion of youth and adults that programmed or coded in digital environments (e.g. computer software, app development), female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release