Education in Netherlands 134 indicators covering education for Netherlands. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Population ages 15-64 64.2% 2025 down 2.1% 113th Population ages 0-14 14.9% 2025 down 10.2% 180th Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th School enrollment, primary 104.2% 2023 down 2.7% 66th Primary education, teachers 98,851 2024 down 5.7% 57th School enrollment, primary, female 103.9% 2023 down 2.4% 63rd School enrollment, primary, male 104.4% 2023 down 3.0% 65th Labor force, total 10.35 million 2025 up 10.2% 55th Labor force, female 47.2% 2025 up 1.5% 59th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.998 GPI 2020 up 0.1% 74th School enrollment, secondary 137.5% 2023 up 23.4% 4th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 1.5 per 1,000 2024 up 7.1% 183rd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.1 per 1,000 2024 up 10.0% 182nd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.5 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 163rd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.4 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 161st Secondary education, teachers 118,472 2024 up 9.9% 49th School enrollment, secondary, female 140.8% 2023 up 27.6% 5th School enrollment, secondary, male 134.4% 2023 up 19.4% 6th School enrollment, tertiary 86.6% 2023 up 14.2% 19th School enrollment, primary, private 0.3% 2022 up 0.2% 195th School enrollment, preprimary 92.0% 2020 up 2.4% 54th School enrollment, tertiary, female 94.4% 2023 up 19.5% 32nd School enrollment, tertiary, male 79.0% 2023 up 8.6% 17th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2020 up 3.0% 92nd School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.16 GPI 2023 up 7.7% 107th Secondary education, teachers, female 67,724 2024 up 16.6% 46th Government expenditure on education, total 5.2% 2022 down 3.5% 57th Secondary education, general pupils 1.03 million 2017 up 33.5% 64th School enrollment, preprimary, female 92.8% 2020 up 3.1% 47th School enrollment, preprimary, male 91.1% 2020 up 1.7% 54th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 94.1% 1984 down 2.0% 80th Government expenditure on education, total 12.0% 2022 up 6.3% 113th Secondary education, general pupils 49.0% 2017 down 3.0% 145th Children out of school 0.5% 2023 up 156.9% 170th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 down 14.3% 91st Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 1.14 million 2023 down 10.5% 81st Secondary education, pupils 1.61 million 2023 up 3.9% 57th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 92.2% 1984 down 2.0% 81st Persistence to last grade of primary, female 96.1% 1984 down 2.0% 61st Secondary education, vocational pupils 618,788 2017 down 7.8% 23rd Number of under-five deaths, male 370 2024 down 8.6% 118th Number of under-five deaths, female 291 2024 down 8.5% 118th Number of infant deaths, male 323 2024 down 6.1% 117th Number of infant deaths, female 254 2024 down 6.6% 117th Children out of school, female 0.4% 2023 up 166.2% 168th Children out of school, male 0.7% 2023 up 152.1% 166th Secondary education, vocational pupils 49.1% 2017 up 6.9% 36th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 101.1% 1985 up 4.3% 102nd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.9% 2025 down 43.6% 120th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.7% 2025 down 43.5% 123rd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.1% 2025 down 43.9% 125th Primary education, teachers 87.0% 2024 up 1.3% 52nd Repeaters, primary, total 2.2% 1985 down 17.0% 96th Persistence to grade 5, total 94.5% 1984 down 3.0% 73rd Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 357 2024 up 17.0% 111th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 65 2024 down 4.4% 120th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 215 2024 up 4.9% 115th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 93 2024 down 2.1% 117th Page 1 of 3 Next →