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Netherlands: School enrollment, primary (% net)

98.65percent · 2017+0.5% since 2005

Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music. Annual figures for Netherlands from 1971 to 2017.

19752017

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201798.648
201697.326
201596.424
201298.487
201199.221
201099.513
200999.798
200899.591
200799.325
200698.504
200598.113
200498.211
200398.802
200299.3
200199.349
200099.391
199999.356
199799.665
199699.387
199599.207
199498.962
199393.533
199294.159
199195.117
199095.82
198995.998
198895.444
198793.896
198692.053
198586.562
198487.104
198388.429
198290.405
198192.43
198093.015
197992.914
197892.357
197791.882
197691.535
197590.618
197490.775
197391.525
197292.107
197192.743

Source

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

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, primary (% net). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-primary-nenr (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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