Share of primary school teachers who are women in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 76.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in United Arab Emirates, 1973–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of primary school teachers who are women in United Arab Emirates stood at 76.8%.
That represents a change of up 7.9% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in United Arab Emirates peaked at 84.4% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 43.6%, in 1973.
That places United Arab Emirates 110th out of 212 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 49.0% | 43.6% | 52.9% | 7 |
| 1980s | 55.2% | 53.5% | 63.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 68.2% | 64.2% | 73.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.2% | 73.0% | 84.4% | 7 |
| 2010s | 76.4% | 76.3% | 76.4% | 2 |
| 2020s | 75.5% | 71.2% | 76.8% | 5 |
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More education data for United Arab Emirates
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.0% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 82.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 108.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 39,735 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.21 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 107.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in United Arab Emirates?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in United Arab Emirates was 76.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 84.4% in 2005.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.6% in 1973.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 110th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary school teachers who are women. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female teachers among all teachers at the primary education level during a given school year.