What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, both sexes between Portugal and United Arab Emirates?

25,067 number, with Portugal ahead.

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

48 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Portugal vs United Arab Emirates: School age population, tertiary education, both sexes

Portugal

542,759 number

in 2018

United Arab Emirates

517,692 number

in 2017

Portugal rank

99th

United Arab Emirates rank

101st

School age population, tertiary education, both sexes over time

Portugal
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 542,759 number against 517,692 number in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 25,067 number.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 99th and United Arab Emirates ranks 101st of 203 countries.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Portugal	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
1970s	731,433 number	52,917 number	678,515 number	Portugal
1980s	802,325 number	100,606 number	701,719 number	Portugal
1990s	810,948 number	182,431 number	628,517 number	Portugal
2000s	692,865 number	380,033 number	312,832 number	Portugal
2010s	559,882 number	549,130 number	10,751 number	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, both sexes, Portugal or United Arab Emirates?: Portugal, at 542,759 number against 517,692 number in United Arab Emirates as of 2018.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, both sexes between Portugal and United Arab Emirates?: 25,067 number, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and United Arab Emirates?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.
How do Portugal and United Arab Emirates rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, both sexes?: Portugal ranks 99th and United Arab Emirates ranks 101st of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: School age population, tertiary education, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 11,591 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.