Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.8%
Change on year
down 27.5%
World rank
35th
of 64 countries
All-time high
1.1%
in 2023
All-time low
0.8%
in 2024
Years of data
7
2017–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in United Arab Emirates, 2017–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 0.8% for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 27.5% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
That places United Arab Emirates 35th out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 3 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 4 |
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More education data for United Arab Emirates
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 39,735 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 82.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 108.04 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 108.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in United Arab Emirates?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in United Arab Emirates was 0.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2024.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 35th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release