Ireland vs Netherlands: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with tertiary

Ireland
7.0%
in 2010
Netherlands
6.3%
in 2010
Ireland rank
18th
Netherlands rank
19th

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with tertiary over time

  • Ireland
  • Netherlands
02468196019852010

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 7.0% against 6.3% in Netherlands, a difference of 0.7%.

That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 18th and Netherlands ranks 19th of 144 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 2 and Netherlands in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ireland Netherlands Difference Ahead
1960s 1.0% 0.7% 0.3% Ireland
1970s 1.1% 1.9% 0.9% Netherlands
1980s 1.8% 2.8% 1.0% Netherlands
1990s 3.0% 3.8% 0.8% Netherlands
2000s 4.4% 4.9% 0.4% Netherlands
2010s 7.0% 6.3% 0.7% Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with tertiary, Ireland or Netherlands?
Ireland, at 7.0% against 6.3% in Netherlands as of 2010.
What is the difference in barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with tertiary between Ireland and Netherlands?
0.7%, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Netherlands?
11 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2010.
How do Ireland and Netherlands rank globally for barro-lee: percentage of population age 65-69 with tertiary?
Ireland ranks 18th and Netherlands ranks 19th of 144 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Ireland vs Netherlands: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with tertiary. Statizoid. Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-65-69-with-tertiary-schooling-incompleted-tertiary/ireland/netherlands/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-65-69-with-tertiary-schooling-incompleted-tertiary/ireland/netherlands/">Ireland vs Netherlands: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with tertiary</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 65-69 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
Last refreshed