Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita in Netherlands
Netherlands: Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita was 0.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita in Netherlands, 2017–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 0.5% for share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita in 2023. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.0% on the previous year and up 156.9% over ten years.
That places Netherlands 177th out of 203 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0.2% | — |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +28.9% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -51.4% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +37.4% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | +9.8% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | +112.3% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +28.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More education data for Netherlands
- 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)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 803,955 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.5279 % change on previous year (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita in Netherlands?
- Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita in Netherlands was 0.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2019.
- How does Netherlands rank for share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita?
- Netherlands ranks 177th out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 156.9%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) not enrolled in any level of education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.