Share of children who have completed primary school in Netherlands
Netherlands: Share of children who have completed primary school was 99.8% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Share of children who have completed primary school in Netherlands, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 99.8% for share of children who have completed primary school in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who have completed primary school in Netherlands peaked at 99.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 99.6%, in 1981.
Netherlands ranks 20th of 165 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 99.7% | 99.6% | 99.7% | 9 |
| 1990s | 99.7% | 99.7% | 99.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 99.7% | 99.7% | 99.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.7% | 99.7% | 99.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
- 18 Uzbekistan 99.8% compare
- 20 Belarus 99.8% compare
- 20 Georgia 99.8% compare
- 23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 99.8% compare
- 23 Norway 99.8% compare
More education data for Netherlands
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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 98,851 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.43 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 103.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who have completed primary school in Netherlands?
- Share of children who have completed primary school in Netherlands was 99.8% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.6% in 1981.
- How does Netherlands rank for share of children who have completed primary school?
- Netherlands ranks 20th out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of children who have completed primary school rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who have completed primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children who are three to five years older than the official age for the last grade of primary education who have successfully completed it. This broader age band is used to include children who started school late or had to resit particular years.