Which has higher over-age students, primary, female, Netherlands or United Arab Emirates?

United Arab Emirates, at 5.0% against 4.9% in Netherlands as of 2017.

What is the difference in over-age students, primary, female between Netherlands and United Arab Emirates?

0.1%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and United Arab Emirates?

35 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2017.

Where does this data come from?

Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Netherlands vs United Arab Emirates: Over-age students, primary, female

Netherlands

4.9%

in 2017

United Arab Emirates

5.0%

in 2017

Netherlands rank

102nd

United Arab Emirates rank

101st

Over-age students, primary, female over time

Netherlands
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 5.0% against 4.9% in Netherlands, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1978 it was United Arab Emirates ahead.

Netherlands ranks 102nd and United Arab Emirates ranks 101st of 191 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Netherlands averaged higher in 4 and United Arab Emirates in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Netherlands	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
1970s	6.8%	14.0%	7.3%	United Arab Emirates
1980s	7.0%	6.8%	0.2%	Netherlands
1990s	5.8%	5.2%	0.6%	Netherlands
2000s	7.1%	3.3%	3.8%	Netherlands
2010s	5.9%	3.8%	2.1%	Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher over-age students, primary, female, Netherlands or United Arab Emirates?: United Arab Emirates, at 5.0% against 4.9% in Netherlands as of 2017.
What is the difference in over-age students, primary, female between Netherlands and United Arab Emirates?: 0.1%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and United Arab Emirates?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2017.
How do Netherlands and United Arab Emirates rank globally for over-age students, primary, female?: Netherlands ranks 102nd and United Arab Emirates ranks 101st of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment)
Unit: % of female enrollment
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 191 places, 4,264 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.