Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 87.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in United Arab Emirates, 1975–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 87.3% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in United Arab Emirates peaked at 87.7% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 22.7%, in 1975.
United Arab Emirates ranks 50th of 134 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 22.7% | — |
| 2005 | 62.7% | +176.6% |
| 2016 | 70.7% | +12.8% |
| 2017 | 79.0% | +11.7% |
| 2018 | 82.9% | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 84.2% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 84.4% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 85.5% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 87.7% | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 87.3% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 22.7% | 22.7% | 22.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 62.7% | 62.7% | 62.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 79.2% | 70.7% | 84.2% | 4 |
| 2020s | 86.2% | 84.4% | 87.7% | 4 |
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More education data for United Arab Emirates
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in United Arab Emirates?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in United Arab Emirates was 87.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 87.7% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.7% in 1975.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 50th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.4%. 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 lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release