Netherlands in Numbers
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Educational attainment of the population

46.1%change: 1y +1.5 pts · 5y +3.5 pts · 10y +10.8 ptsas of 2025A source confidence
Tertiary attainment (25–64) — Netherlands
Tertiary attainment 25–64, % (Eurostat)NetherlandsAustriaBelgiumGermanyDenmarkEU-27+3 more (hover)

Peer lines share one grey on purpose: hover for countries. The compared series can differ slightly from the Dutch definition above.

Position among the same 8 countries, year by year1 = highest value

Countries are ordered by value, highest first — rank 1 means the highest number, not “the best”. A year is ranked only when all 8 countries report it; missing years stay gaps. The EU average is not a country and is not ranked.

Source & method

SourceEurostat edat_lfse_03
LicenceCC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Trend methodOLS over last 8 annual observations, 5% significance (MBW convention)
RevisionsNone recorded since 2026-07-07. Every retrieval is stored append-only; when the source restates history, the old and new values become comparable here.

Raw snapshot (JSON) · every observation keeps its retrieval timestamp and revision history in the public database.

Data table — Tertiary attainment (25–64) (Netherlands)
PeriodValue
202546.1
202444.6
202344.3
202244.7
202143.1[b]
202042.6
201940.4[b]
201838.3
201737.2
201636.0
201535.3
201434.4[b]
201333.9[b]
201233.0
201132.1
201032.0
200930.8
200830.2
200729.3
200628.5
200528.0[b]
200429.5
200327.5
200225.0
200124.1
200024.0
199922.6
199821.9
199723.0
199621.8