Students enrolled in tertiary education by education level, programme orientation, sex and field of education

In 2024, Netherlands's students enrolled in tertiary education by education level, programme orientation, sex and field of education decreased by 1.6% compared to 2023, reaching 969,491.

Netherlands accounts for 5.1% of the EU-27 total of 19,065,264.

Netherlands ranks 6th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 6.2% (from 913,150 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset educ_uoe_enrt03, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.