Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 82.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in United Arab Emirates, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 82.2% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in United Arab Emirates peaked at 84.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 55.5%, in 1999.
United Arab Emirates ranks 57th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 55.5% | 55.5% | 55.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 64.9% | 59.5% | 71.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 66.2% | 63.6% | 68.8% | 2 |
| 2020s | 77.4% | 71.0% | 84.8% | 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 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)
- 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 children enrolled in pre-primary school in United Arab Emirates?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in United Arab Emirates was 82.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 84.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.5% in 1999.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 57th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. 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 children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.