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Netherlands: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes

38.88percent · 2023+30.1% since 2013

Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator EA.5T8.AG25T99. Annual figures for Netherlands from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202338.879
202238.849
202137.69
202036.715
201936.453
201833.04
201733.662
201631.507
201530.961
201430.268
201329.879
201229.283
201128.622
201028.817
200928.169
200827.479
200727.76
200625.179
200526.133
200426.748
200324.692
200222.558
200121.713
200021.801

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ea-5t8-ag25t99 (accessed 2026-11-09). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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