NationMaster - Dutch Education statistics

Average years of schooling of adults	9.4	[14th of 100]
Class size > Age 13	19.7 students	[13th of 29]
Duration of compulsory education	13 years	[1st of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6	[29th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	6	[72nd of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	5.1%	[56th of 132]
Educational attainment > Senior secondary	32%	[15th of 18]
Educational attainment > Tertiary	22%	[16th of 18]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	89.9%	[13th of 135]
Expected duration of education for all students	17.2 years	[11th of 30]
Geographical aptitude results	76.665	[39th of 191]
Literacy > Adults at high literacy level	20%	[6th of 17]
Literacy > Adults at low literacy level	35.9%	[14th of 17]
Literacy > Total population	99%	[16th of 160]
Primary teacher salary > Starting	$25,896.00	[4th of 22]
Public spending per student > Primary level	15.4	[50th of 126]
School life expectancy > Male	16 years	[4th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	15.9 years	[7th of 110]
Teaching weeks per year > Primary	40 weeks per year	[9th of 36]
Tertiary enrollment	55%	[19th of 151]

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SOURCES: UNESCO; "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002; United Nations Human Development Programme; OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; The Geography Zone; OECD; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; UNESCO Institute for Statistics

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, Nederland, the netherlands

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8th October 2009

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