Education in Netherlands

3,215 indicators covering education for Netherlands.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female 9,603 1985 down 38.6% 69th
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male 14,253 1985 down 36.3% 70th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre 2.61 number per square kilometre 2018 down 7.1% 17th
Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1 index 2023 up 0.2% 77th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per unit of GDP 0 number per US$ of GDP 2018 down 8.9% 172nd
Children out of school, female 0.4% 2023 up 166.2% 168th
Children out of school, male 0.7% 2023 up 152.1% 166th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 84,762 2024 up 35.4% 31st
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 233,214 number 2018 down 9.7% 56th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes 86.6% 2023 up 14.2% 19th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 123.0% 2023 up 13.3% 6th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, female 140.8% 2023 up 27.6% 6th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 4.1% 54th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 119.8% 2023 up 8.7% 5th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, male 134.4% 2023 up 19.4% 6th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 6.7% 70th
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 27.8% 2018 down 7.5% 109th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 14.25 years 2023 up 1.5% 11th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 13.99 years 2023 down 2.0% 10th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 3.5% 66th
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 4.3 years 2023 up 14.2% 18th
School life expectancy, secondary, female 8.03 years 2023 up 4.9% 17th
School life expectancy, secondary, male 7.75 years 2023 down 1.1% 20th
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 5.9% 79th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 49.1% 2017 up 6.9% 36th
Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 37.5% 2017 down 23.1% 14th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 0 2022 1st
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 1st
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
Outbound mobility ratio to the Caribbean, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 2nd
Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia and the Pacific, male (UIS) 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 18.56 years 2018 up 10.8% 11th
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 32,039 2024 down 3.0% 45th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 2.79 years 2023 down 1.0% 53rd
Productivity vs. educational attainment 84.8 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 0.8% 6th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 101.1% 1985 up 4.3% 102nd
Completion rate, primary education, both sexes (modelled data) 99.8% 2025 up 0.1% 20th
Completion rate, primary education, female (modelled data) 99.8% 2025 up 0.1% 24th
Completion rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1 modelled data 2025 down 0.0% 118th
Completion rate, primary education, male (modelled data) 99.8% 2025 up 0.1% 20th
Secondary education, vocational pupils, annual growth rate 5.88 % change on previous year 2017 up 167.9% 50th
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female 57.2% 2024 up 9.8% 116th
Teachers in secondary education, female 67,724 2024 up 16.6% 46th
Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment) 40.8% 2023 down 11.2% 5th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 89.2% 2025 up 0.2% 82nd
Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 91.3% 2025 up 0.7% 86th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.04 modelled data 2025 up 0.9% 62nd
Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 87.2% 2025 down 0.3% 82nd
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 80.0% 2025 up 4.2% 61st
Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 84.8% 2025 up 4.1% 57th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.11 modelled data 2025 down 0.2% 59th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 75.3% 2025 up 4.3% 61st
Teachers in secondary education, male 50,748 2024 down 5.1% 51st
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.1% 2025 down 43.9% 126th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.7% 2025 down 43.5% 124th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.9% 2025 down 43.6% 121st