Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Netherlands
Netherlands: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general was 0.9717 GPIA in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.9717 GPIA
Change on year
down 1.5%
World rank
205th
of 211 countries
All-time high
1.2 GPIA
in 1994
All-time low
0.9717 GPIA
in 2023
Years of data
51
1971–2023
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Netherlands, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Netherlands stood at 0.9717 GPIA. That is the lowest value across all 51 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Netherlands peaked at 1.2 GPIA in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.9717 GPIA, in 2023.
Netherlands ranks 205th of 211 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 51 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1.11 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 1.09 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 1.09 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 1.1 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 1.11 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 1.11 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 1.12 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 1.12 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 1.13 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 1.14 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 1.16 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 1.17 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 1.17 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 1.18 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 1.17 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 1.18 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 1.18 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 1.19 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 1.19 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 1.19 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 1.19 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 1.18 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 1.17 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 1.2 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 1.16 GPIA | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 1.16 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 1.11 GPIA | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 1.06 GPIA | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 1.06 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 1.03 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 1.08 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9973 GPIA | -7.6% |
| 2016 | 0.9973 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9987 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 1 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9866 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9717 GPIA | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.11 GPIA | 1.09 GPIA | 1.13 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 1.17 GPIA | 1.14 GPIA | 1.19 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.15 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 1.2 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.07 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 1.08 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 GPIA | 0.9973 GPIA | 1.08 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9915 GPIA | 0.9717 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More education data for Netherlands
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Netherlands?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Netherlands was 0.9717 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2 GPIA in 1994.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9717 GPIA in 2023.
- How does Netherlands rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- Netherlands ranks 205th out of 211 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. 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 Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 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