Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands

Netherlands: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 0.8736 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.8736 GPIA
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
27th
of 79 countries
All-time high
0.8751 GPIA
in 2005
All-time low
0.5773 GPIA
in 2000
Years of data
24
1998–2023

Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands, 1998–2023

00.20.40.60.81998201020231998: 0.592 GPIA1999: 0.58 GPIA2000: 0.577 GPIA2001: 0.602 GPIA2002: 0.612 GPIA2003: 0.619 GPIA2004: 0.875 GPIA2005: 0.875 GPIA2006: 0.81 GPIA2007: 0.805 GPIA2008: 0.805 GPIA2009: 0.803 GPIA2010: 0.793 GPIA2011: 0.84 GPIA2012: 0.839 GPIA2015: 0.851 GPIA2016: 0.828 GPIA2017: 0.848 GPIA2018: 0.816 GPIA2019: 0.743 GPIA2020: 0.827 GPIA2021: 0.845 GPIA2022: 0.855 GPIA2023: 0.874 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

The most recent figure for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands is 0.8736 GPIA, measured in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands peaked at 0.8751 GPIA in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.5773 GPIA, in 2000.

Netherlands ranks 27th of 79 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands, year by year

Annual values for Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in Netherlands, 1998 to 2023.
Year GPIA Change
1998 0.5916 GPIA
1999 0.5797 GPIA -2.0%
2000 0.5773 GPIA -0.4%
2001 0.6018 GPIA +4.2%
2002 0.612 GPIA +1.7%
2003 0.6193 GPIA +1.2%
2004 0.8751 GPIA +41.3%
2005 0.8751 GPIA +0.0%
2006 0.8101 GPIA -7.4%
2007 0.8047 GPIA -0.7%
2008 0.8051 GPIA +0.0%
2009 0.8035 GPIA -0.2%
2010 0.7933 GPIA -1.3%
2011 0.8403 GPIA +5.9%
2012 0.8389 GPIA -0.2%
2015 0.8509 GPIA +1.4%
2016 0.828 GPIA -2.7%
2017 0.8485 GPIA +2.5%
2018 0.8156 GPIA -3.9%
2019 0.7428 GPIA -8.9%
2020 0.827 GPIA +11.3%
2021 0.8451 GPIA +2.2%
2022 0.8554 GPIA +1.2%
2023 0.8736 GPIA +2.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.5856 GPIA 0.5797 GPIA 0.5916 GPIA 2
2000s 0.7384 GPIA 0.5773 GPIA 0.8751 GPIA 10
2010s 0.8198 GPIA 0.7428 GPIA 0.8509 GPIA 8
2020s 0.8503 GPIA 0.827 GPIA 0.8736 GPIA 4

Countries ranked near Netherlands

  1. 24 Burundi 0.9161 GPIA compare
  2. 25 Slovakia 0.8915 GPIA compare
  3. 26 Honduras 0.8828 GPIA compare
  4. 28 Nicaragua 0.827 GPIA compare
  5. 29 Côte d'Ivoire 0.8208 GPIA compare
  6. 30 Poland 0.7957 GPIA compare

See the full ranking of 79 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands?
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands was 0.8736 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Netherlands?
The highest recorded value was 0.8751 GPIA in 2005.
What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Netherlands?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5773 GPIA in 2000.
How does Netherlands rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
Netherlands ranks 27th out of 79 countries with data for 2023.
Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Netherlands?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. 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 Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
79 places, 1,179 data points, 1998–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release