Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands

Netherlands: Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 67.2% in 2017. ▬ Flat

Latest (2017)
67.2%
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
8th
of 155 countries
All-time high
67.7%
in 2015
All-time low
62.1%
in 1998
Years of data
18
1998–2017

Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands, 1998–2017

02040601998200720171998: 62.1 %1999: 63.9 %2000: 65.1 %2001: 67.4 %2002: 66.5 %2003: 67.1 %2004: 67.1 %2005: 66.4 %2006: 65.9 %2007: 65.7 %2008: 65.5 %2009: 65.7 %2010: 66 %2011: 66.5 %2012: 66.4 %2015: 67.7 %2016: 66.5 %2017: 67.2 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2017, share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands stood at 67.2%.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands peaked at 67.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 62.1%, in 1998.

That places Netherlands 8th out of 155 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top 10%.

Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands, year by year

Annual values for Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%) in Netherlands, 1998 to 2017.
Year % Change
1998 62.1%
1999 63.9% +2.9%
2000 65.1% +1.9%
2001 67.4% +3.5%
2002 66.5% -1.3%
2003 67.1% +0.9%
2004 67.1% +0.1%
2005 66.4% -1.1%
2006 65.9% -0.7%
2007 65.7% -0.4%
2008 65.5% -0.2%
2009 65.7% +0.3%
2010 66.0% +0.4%
2011 66.5% +0.9%
2012 66.4% -0.1%
2015 67.7% +1.8%
2016 66.5% -1.7%
2017 67.2% +1.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 63.0% 62.1% 63.9% 2
2000s 66.2% 65.1% 67.4% 10
2010s 66.7% 66.0% 67.7% 6

Countries ranked near Netherlands

  1. 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 70.0% compare
  2. 6 Serbia 69.1% compare
  3. 7 Finland 69.1% compare
  4. 9 Czechia 66.7% compare
  5. 10 Slovenia 64.3% compare
  6. 11 Austria 63.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands?
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Netherlands was 67.2% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020.
What is the highest share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Netherlands?
The highest recorded value was 67.7% in 2015.
What is the lowest share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Netherlands?
The lowest recorded value was 62.1% in 1998.
How does Netherlands rank for share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
Netherlands ranks 8th out of 155 countries with data for 2017.
Is share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Netherlands?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Netherlands data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020, published as part of Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of March 2020
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
200 places, 3,299 data points, 1997–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of female students enrolled in vocational programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of female students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.