Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands
Netherlands: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 0.9929 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.9929 GPIA
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
31st
of 160 countries
All-time high
0.9929 GPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.8926 GPIA
in 1998
Years of data
24
1998–2023
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 0.9929 GPIA for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands peaked at 0.9929 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8926 GPIA, in 1998.
Netherlands ranks 31st of 160 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.8926 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.9062 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.9127 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.9267 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.9258 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9428 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 0.9432 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9414 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9417 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9399 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9398 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9412 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9448 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9467 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9417 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9742 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9703 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9691 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9593 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9571 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9569 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9638 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9805 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 0.9929 GPIA | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8994 GPIA | 0.8926 GPIA | 0.9062 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9355 GPIA | 0.9127 GPIA | 0.9432 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9579 GPIA | 0.9417 GPIA | 0.9742 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9735 GPIA | 0.9569 GPIA | 0.9929 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
- 28 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1 GPIA compare
- 29 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1 GPIA compare
- 30 Côte d'Ivoire 0.9962 GPIA compare
- 32 Honduras 0.9702 GPIA compare
- 33 Nicaragua 0.9686 GPIA compare
- 34 Eritrea 0.9551 GPIA compare
More education data for Netherlands
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 806,799 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.9783 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 487,792 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.62 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 985,327 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.35 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 86,024 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 12,827 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 530,206 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.12 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands was 0.9929 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9929 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8926 GPIA in 1998.
- How does Netherlands rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Netherlands ranks 31st out of 160 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. 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 upper secondary education enrolled in vocational 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