# Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Netherlands

Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Netherlands was 86.6% in 2023. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

- Indicator id: `tertiary_enrolment_gross`
- Place id: `nl`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Students enrolled in tertiary education (ISCED levels 5 to 8), of any age, as a percentage of the population in the five-year age group that follows the official secondary school leaving age. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- Note: A gross ratio: students outside the reference ages and students from abroad are counted, so it can exceed 100%. It counts students, not graduates; for degree holders in the United States see bachelors_degree_share.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR), via World Bank, World Development Indicators (https://data.worldbank.org)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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- Citation: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
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| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 86.6 |
| 2021 | 89.4 |
| 2020 | 85.3 |
| 2018 | 83.7 |
| 2017 | 83.2 |
| 2016 | 79.8 |
| 2015 | 80.2 |
| 2012 | 75.8 |
| 2011 | 75.5 |
| 2010 | 63.7 |
| 2009 | 61.4 |
| 2008 | 61 |
| 2007 | 60.4 |
| 2006 | 59.8 |
| 2005 | 58.8 |
| 2004 | 56.8 |
| 2003 | 55 |
| 2002 | 54.3 |
| 2001 | 53 |