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Primary school enrollment — Netherlands

Primary school enrollment in the Netherlands in 2017 — 98.6%. Ranked 16 in the world out of 137. Since 1971, the indicator has risen by 5.9 pp.

2017 98.6% +1.3 pp vs 2016
World rank 16of 137
Period maximum 99.8%2009
Period minimum 86.6%1985

Trend over time

1971–2017 · % of children of the relevant age

Primary school enrollment — Netherlands, 1971–201785909510019711976198119861991199620012006201120161971: 92.7%1972: 92.1%1973: 91.5%1974: 90.8%1975: 90.6%1976: 91.5%1977: 91.9%1978: 92.4%1979: 92.9%1980: 93%1981: 92.4%1982: 90.4%1983: 88.4%1984: 87.1%1985: 86.6%1986: 92.1%1987: 93.9%1988: 95.4%1989: 96%1990: 95.8%1991: 95.1%1992: 94.2%1993: 93.5%1994: 99%1995: 99.2%1996: 99.4%1997: 99.7%1999: 99.4%2000: 99.4%2001: 99.3%2002: 99.3%2003: 98.8%2004: 98.2%2005: 98.1%2006: 98.5%2007: 99.3%2008: 99.6%2009: 99.8%2010: 99.5%2011: 99.2%2012: 98.5%2015: 96.4%2016: 97.3%2017: 98.6%
Change over the period: +5.9 pp Annual average: 0.13 pp

Comparison, 2017

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Netherlands

Netherlands 98.6%
World 89.3%
Europe & Central Asia 95%
Western Europe computed 94.5%
Primary school enrollment — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2017 98.6 +1.3 pp
2016 97.3 +0.9 pp
2015 96.4 —
2012 98.5 −0.7 pp
2011 99.2 −0.3 pp
2010 99.5 −0.3 pp
2009 99.8 +0.2 pp
2008 99.6 +0.3 pp
2007 99.3 +0.8 pp
2006 98.5 +0.4 pp
2005 98.1 −0.1 pp
2004 98.2 −0.6 pp
2003 98.8 −0.5 pp
2002 99.3 −0 pp
2001 99.3 −0 pp
2000 99.4 +0 pp
1999 99.4 —
1997 99.7 +0.3 pp
1996 99.4 +0.2 pp
1995 99.2 +0.2 pp
1994 99 +5.4 pp
1993 93.5 −0.6 pp
1992 94.2 −1 pp
1991 95.1 −0.7 pp
1990 95.8 −0.2 pp
1989 96 +0.6 pp
1988 95.4 +1.5 pp
1987 93.9 +1.8 pp
1986 92.1 +5.5 pp
1985 86.6 −0.5 pp
1984 87.1 −1.3 pp
1983 88.4 −2 pp
1982 90.4 −2 pp
1981 92.4 −0.6 pp
1980 93 +0.1 pp
1979 92.9 +0.6 pp
1978 92.4 +0.5 pp
1977 91.9 +0.3 pp
1976 91.5 +0.9 pp
1975 90.6 −0.2 pp
1974 90.8 −0.7 pp
1973 91.5 −0.6 pp
1972 92.1 −0.6 pp
1971 92.7 —

Western Europe, 2017

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

FR France 98.9 BE Belgium 98.8 NL Netherlands 98.6 LU Luxembourg 95 CH Switzerland 93.2 DE Germany 90.1 AT Austria 88.6
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The net primary enrollment rate — the share of children of official school age enrolled in primary school out of all children of that age. Unlike the gross ratio it cannot exceed 100%, because it leaves out pupils older or younger than the official age.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

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