Education in Netherlands

3,215 indicators covering education for Netherlands.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 3 years 2020 unchanged 81st
Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 3 years 2020 unchanged 52nd
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 32,023 number 2018 up 79.5% 28th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 20.1% 115th
Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions 0.3% 2022 up 0.2% 203rd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 175.2% 96th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 40.0% 69th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 178.6% 90th
Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2018 up 1.2% 70th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 61 2023 down 43.5% 69th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 59 2023 down 25.3% 60th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 388.3% 107th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 1.4% 2023 up 19.5% 136th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 1.2% 2023 up 17.2% 89th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 29.9% 83rd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 30.6% 90th
Share of primary school teachers who are women 87.0% 2024 up 1.3% 57th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 47.6% 92nd
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 13.9% 29th
Share of students studying abroad 1.9% 2023 up 1.8% 143rd
Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 7,349 1985 down 51.5% 57th
End of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st
Start month of the academic school year 9 2025 up 12.5% 24th
End month of the academic school year 6 2025 down 14.3% 105th
Enrolment in primary education, female 571,172 number 2018 down 8.1% 81st
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 4.1% 1984 down 32.7% 69th
Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes 6,179 1985 down 25.2% 64th
Over-age students, primary 5.4% 2017 down 31.3% 102nd
Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes 3,587 1985 down 29.1% 67th
Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 2,535 1985 down 44.9% 79th
Secondary education, teachers 57.2% 2024 up 9.8% 110th
School enrollment, primary, female 99.1% 2017 up 0.1% 7th
School enrollment, primary, male 98.2% 2017 down 1.4% 16th
Official entrance age to compulsory education 5 years 2020 unchanged 133rd
Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education 12 2025 unchanged 5th
Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in 1 2025 unchanged 32nd
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 31.5% 2022 up 5.5% 93rd
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity 1.04 GPI 1984 up 0.1% 41st
Over-age students, primary, male 5.8% 2017 down 30.4% 102nd
Over-age students, primary, female 4.9% 2017 down 32.4% 102nd
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index 1 index 2023 down 0.1% 84th
School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both 203,264 number 2020 down 2.3% 70th
School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 99,064 number 2020 down 2.6% 70th
School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 104,200 number 2020 down 2.0% 71st
Outbound mobility ratio to Central Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2023 87th
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes 3.5% 1984 up 1.9% 68th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female 112.2% 2018 up 13.6% 8th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.04 GPI 2018 up 3.4% 91st
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male 108.4% 2018 up 9.9% 6th
Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes 2,296 1985 down 25.4% 76th
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes 132.7% 2018 up 4.9% 3rd
Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, female 2,721 1985 down 47.7% 63rd
Compulsory education, duration 13 years 2025 unchanged 17th
Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 94.7% 1984 down 2.9% 101st
Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male 4,628 1985 down 53.4% 54th
Progression to secondary school 72.8% 1984 up 8.8% 153rd
Outbound mobility ratio to the Arab States, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2023 up 5.5% 114th
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes 2.0% 1984 down 5.3% 78th
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female 129.8% 2018 up 5.0% 5th
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male 135.4% 2018 up 4.7% 4th