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Netherlands: Expenditure on tertiary education

31.93percent · 2016-0.2% since 1987

Expenditure on tertiary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments. Annual figures for Netherlands from 1970 to 2016.

19702016

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201631.925
201530.126
199828.892
199629.326
199530.118
199430.94
199331.194
199132.593
199033.254
198830.201
198731.978
198627.76
198529
198430.288
198330.079
198229.56
198130.059
198030.594
197930.486
197830.352
197729.985
197629.292
197528.649
197427.052
197327.363
197228.313
197125.902
197025.154

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Expenditure on tertiary education. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-expenditure-on-tertiary-education (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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