Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Netherlands

Netherlands: Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below was 0.8% in 2016. ▼ Falling

Latest (2016)
0.8%
Change on year
up 2.0%
World rank
69th
of 107 countries
All-time high
1.0%
in 2001
All-time low
0.8%
in 2014
Years of data
22
1988–2016

Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Netherlands, 1988–2016

00.20.40.60.811988200220161988: 0.907 % of labor force with low education in working age1989: 0.915 % of labor force with low education in working age1994: 0.932 % of labor force with low education in working age1995: 0.937 % of labor force with low education in working age1999: 0.905 % of labor force with low education in working age2000: 0.935 % of labor force with low education in working age2001: 0.954 % of labor force with low education in working age2002: 0.944 % of labor force with low education in working age2003: 0.917 % of labor force with low education in working age2004: 0.898 % of labor force with low education in working age2005: 0.912 % of labor force with low education in working age2006: 0.924 % of labor force with low education in working age2007: 0.916 % of labor force with low education in working age2008: 0.932 % of labor force with low education in working age2009: 0.92 % of labor force with low education in working age2010: 0.868 % of labor force with low education in working age2011: 0.903 % of labor force with low education in working age2012: 0.911 % of labor force with low education in working age2013: 0.891 % of labor force with low education in working age2014: 0.805 % of labor force with low education in working age2015: 0.825 % of labor force with low education in working age2016: 0.841 % of labor force with low education in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of labor force with low education in working age.

Analysis

Netherlands recorded 0.8% for employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in 2016.

That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and down 9.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Netherlands peaked at 1.0% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2014.

Netherlands ranks 69th of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.

Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Netherlands, year by year

Annual values for Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of labor force with low education in working age) in Netherlands, 1988 to 2016.
Year % of labor force with low education in working age Change
1988 0.9%
1989 0.9% +0.8%
1994 0.9% +1.9%
1995 0.9% +0.4%
1999 0.9% -3.4%
2000 0.9% +3.4%
2001 1.0% +2.1%
2002 0.9% -1.1%
2003 0.9% -2.9%
2004 0.9% -2.0%
2005 0.9% +1.5%
2006 0.9% +1.4%
2007 0.9% -0.9%
2008 0.9% +1.7%
2009 0.9% -1.3%
2010 0.9% -5.6%
2011 0.9% +4.0%
2012 0.9% +0.9%
2013 0.9% -2.2%
2014 0.8% -9.6%
2015 0.8% +2.4%
2016 0.8% +2.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 2
1990s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 3
2000s 0.9% 0.9% 1.0% 10
2010s 0.9% 0.8% 0.9% 7

Countries ranked near Netherlands

  1. 66 Serbia 0.9% compare
  2. 67 Brazil 0.9% compare
  3. 68 Belgium 0.9% compare
  4. 70 Norway 0.8% compare
  5. 71 Poland 0.8% compare
  6. 72 Tunisia 0.8% compare

See the full ranking of 107 places →

More reference data data for Netherlands

All data for Netherlands →

Frequently asked questions

What is employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Netherlands?
Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Netherlands was 0.8% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below recorded in Netherlands?
The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2001.
What is the lowest employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below recorded in Netherlands?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2014.
How does Netherlands rank for employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below?
Netherlands ranks 69th out of 107 countries with data for 2016.
Is employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below rising or falling in Netherlands?
Over the last ten years it is down 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Netherlands data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of labor force with low education in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 22 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Netherlands. Statizoid. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/employment-rate-aged-15-64-primary-education-and-below-percent-of-labor-force-with-low/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/stat/employment-rate-aged-15-64-primary-education-and-below-percent-of-labor-force-with-low/netherlands/">Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Netherlands</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of labor force with low education in working age)
Unit
% of labor force with low education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,474 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed