Netherlands's adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age) was 0.5% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.24 percentage points from 0.26% in 2018.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0.5% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 0.26% | 2018 |
| Highest | 1.55% | 2005 |
| Lowest | 0.09% | 2012 |
| Average since 2015 | 0.24% | 2015–2023 |
| First recorded | 1.05% | 2002 |
Over five years it is up 0.24 percentage points from 0.26% in 2018. Since 2002 it is down 0.55 percentage points from 1.05% in 2002. The World Bank has no value for 9 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2023, Netherlands' adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age) rose 0.23 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.27% to 0.5%).
Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2022), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.06 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.9 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.23 percentage points in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.08 percentage points in 2019. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.02 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 37% of the movement over 9 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Netherlands had the 24th highest value of the 26 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 0.5% | 2023 |
| High income | 1.8% | 2025 |
Closest to Netherlands in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
Adolescents out of school are the percentage of lower secondary school age adolescents who are not enrolled in school.
Limitations: The administrative data used in the calculation of the rate of out-of-school children are based on enrolment at a specific date which can bias the results by either counting enrolled children who never attend school or by omitting those who enroll after the reference date for reporting enrolment data. Furthermore, children who drop out of school after the reference date are not counted as out of school. Discrepancies between enrolment and population data from different sources can also result in over- or underestimates of the rate.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 13 values
| Year | Adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.4998 |
| 2022 | 0.2699 |
| 2021 | 0.1989 |
| 2020 | 0.1728 |
| 2019 | 0.1817 |
| 2018 | 0.2633 |
| 2017 | 0.2496 |
| 2016 | 0.1832 |
| 2015 | 0.1676 |
| 2014 | no data |
Adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age) in nearby economies
More education data for Netherlands
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 1.14 million (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils — 1.61 million (2023)
- Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) — 5.18% (2022)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1 (2020)
- School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.01 (2020)
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Questions people ask
- What is Netherlands's adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age)?
- 0.5% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2002?
- It is down 0.55 percentage points from 1.05% in 2002. The highest value was 1.55% in 2005 and the lowest 0.09% in 2012.
- How does Netherlands rank?
- 24th highest of 26 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age) unusual for Netherlands?
- In 2023, Netherlands' adolescents out of school, female (% of female lower secondary school age) rose 0.23 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.27% to 0.5%). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2022), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.06 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.9 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.UNER.LO.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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