Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Netherlands
Netherlands: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general was 59.2% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
59.2%
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
213th
of 217 countries
All-time high
71.4%
in 1998
All-time low
50.2%
in 2004
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 %.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 59.2% for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Netherlands peaked at 71.4% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 50.2%, in 2004.
Netherlands ranks 213th of 217 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 | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 62.4% | — |
| 1972 | 62.1% | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 62.7% | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 64.0% | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 65.0% | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 63.3% | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 63.7% | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 63.7% | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 63.7% | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 64.4% | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 64.5% | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 64.3% | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 63.7% | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 62.5% | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 62.4% | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 54.9% | -12.0% |
| 1987 | 54.0% | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 54.4% | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 54.1% | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 54.0% | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 54.2% | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 54.1% | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 53.5% | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 56.8% | +6.3% |
| 1995 | 56.3% | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 56.7% | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 62.2% | +9.6% |
| 1998 | 71.4% | +14.8% |
| 1999 | 68.8% | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 68.4% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 66.9% | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 67.5% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 66.5% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 50.2% | -24.5% |
| 2005 | 50.7% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 56.2% | +10.8% |
| 2007 | 55.9% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 55.5% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 55.1% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 54.9% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 53.4% | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 54.0% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 62.9% | +16.5% |
| 2016 | 63.6% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 62.5% | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 62.8% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 62.4% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 61.5% | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 60.6% | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 58.9% | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 59.2% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 63.4% | 62.1% | 65.0% | 9 |
| 1980s | 59.9% | 54.0% | 64.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 58.8% | 53.5% | 71.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 59.3% | 50.2% | 68.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.6% | 53.4% | 63.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 60.1% | 58.9% | 61.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More education data for Netherlands
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 555,749 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0845 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.0311 units per person (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 587,512 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.1022 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), per capita 0.0329 units per person (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.61 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.2323 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 98,851 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
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 59.2% 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 71.4% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.2% in 2004.
- How does Netherlands rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- Netherlands ranks 213th out of 217 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 up 9.6%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 51 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release