Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Netherlands
Netherlands: Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index was 1.11 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Netherlands, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2025, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Netherlands stood at 1.11 index.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Netherlands peaked at 1.12 index in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1.02 index, in 1981.
That places Netherlands 59th out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.04 index | 1.02 index | 1.06 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 1.08 index | 1.07 index | 1.09 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.09 index | 1.09 index | 1.11 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.11 index | 1.11 index | 1.12 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.11 index | 1.11 index | 1.11 index | 6 |
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More gender data for Netherlands
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 85,418 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 89,789 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 85,046 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 89,271 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 86,477 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 90,680 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 90,804 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 95,138 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 90,581 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 94,840 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Netherlands?
- Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Netherlands was 1.11 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.12 index in 2013.
- What is the lowest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.02 index in 1981.
- How does Netherlands rank for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index?
- Netherlands ranks 59th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal upper secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.