NationMaster - Dutch Education statistics

Average years of schooling of adults	9.4	[14th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	13 years	[1st of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	6	[29th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	5.1%	[56th of 132]
Educational attainment > Tertiary	22%	[16th of 18]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level	48.1%	[113rd of 170]
Grade 1 intake rate	98.6	[4th of 114]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 11	1,000 hours	[7th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 12	1,067 hours	[7th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13	1,067 hours	[10th of 38]
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9	1,000 hours	[8th of 38]
Primary teacher salary > Starting	$25,896.00	[4th of 22]
School life expectancy > Male	16 years	[4th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	15.9 years	[7th of 110]
Students from households with calculator > Age 13	96%	[14th of 28]
Students from households with calculator > Age 9	81%	[6th of 16]
Students from households with computer > Age 13	80%	[1st of 28]
Students from households with computer > Age 9	69%	[3rd of 16]
Students from households with study desk > Age 9	84%	[5th of 16]
Students whose mothers have secondary education > Age 13	50%

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SOURCES: UNESCO; United Nations Human Development Programme; OECD Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003; World Bank; UNESCO Institute of Statistics; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002

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

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