Education in Netherlands

3,215 indicators covering education for Netherlands.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes 130.5% 2023 up 28.9% 6th
Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2023 down 67.6% 111th
Persistence to grade 5, female 96.2% 1984 down 2.8% 58th
Persistence to grade 5, male 92.8% 1984 down 3.1% 70th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 113.3% 2023 up 8.2% 15th
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female 128.1% 2023 up 28.9% 7th
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male 132.8% 2023 up 28.9% 7th
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9647 GPIA 2023 up 0.0% 161st
Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, male 1.5% 2023 down 1.3% 130th
Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, male (UIS) 0.0% 2023 down 67.5% 114th
Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, male (UIS estimate) 1.8% 2023 up 0.8% 168th
School enrollment, secondary 93.2% 2017 up 5.2% 31st
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 10.15 years 2023 down 3.0% 31st
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female 112.3% 2023 up 8.4% 16th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9832 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% 144th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male 114.3% 2023 up 8.1% 16th
Preprimary education, duration 3 years 2025 unchanged 104th
Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, female 935 1985 down 41.2% 73rd
Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, male 1,361 1985 down 8.5% 76th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 92.9% 2023 up 31.3% 186th
School age population, early childhood education, both sexes 522,579 2024 down 6.1% 102nd
School age population, early childhood education, female 255,092 2024 down 6.1% 102nd
School age population, early childhood education, male 267,487 2024 down 6.1% 100th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes 144.5% 2023 up 15.6% 7th
Repeaters in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 6,933 2010 down 7.1% 58th
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 20,369 1999 down 68.9% 64th
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male 10.23 years 2023 down 3.2% 30th
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 10.06 years 2023 down 2.9% 39th
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9837 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% 146th
Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes 2.1% 1984 down 19.9% 93rd
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 37.4% 2018 down 20.3% 8th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 67.5% 2018 down 0.2% 14th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 153.6% 2023 up 22.9% 7th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.12 GPI 2023 up 11.7% 51st
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 135.9% 2023 up 8.6% 9th
Official entrance age to early childhood education 3 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 7.6% 2023 down 76.0% 17th
Theoretical duration of early childhood education 3 years 2025 unchanged 106th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 6.6% 2023 down 75.0% 14th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 92.4% 2023 up 35.3% 181st
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 109.8% 2023 up 10.1% 12th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 93.4% 2023 up 27.2% 184th
Repeaters in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 7,246 1999 down 47.9% 45th
Progression to secondary school, male 68.1% 1984 up 4.7% 149th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 30.4% 2023 down 3.4% 183rd
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 889,506 number 2018 up 47.7% 39th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 7.1% 2023 down 75.6% 14th
School enrollment, secondary, female 93.7% 2017 up 5.1% 29th
School enrollment, secondary, male 92.6% 2017 up 5.3% 30th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 69.6% 2023 up 1.5% 9th
Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes 99.5% 2023 down 0.4% 28th
Government expenditure on education, US$ 54,202 millions 2022 up 19.4% 16th
Progression to secondary school, female 77.5% 1984 up 12.6% 133rd
Expenditure on tertiary education 31.9% 2016 18th
Initial government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP 5.2% 2022 down 4.2% 41st
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 17,560 number 2018 up 111.0% 65th
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 4.1% 1984 down 32.7% 67th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 2.5% 2018 up 5.5% 97th
Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, female 1,217 2010 down 65.8% 83rd
Children out of school, primary 5,698 2023 up 150.6% 124th