Education in United Arab Emirates 153 indicators covering education for United Arab Emirates. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 10 years 2025 down 9.1% 192nd Population ages 15-64 82.2% 2025 up 0.7% 2nd Population ages 0-14 16.0% 2025 down 5.1% 164th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 108.0% 2024 up 2.2% 44th Primary education, teachers 39,735 2024 up 12.7% 95th School enrollment, primary, female 107.5% 2024 up 0.7% 43rd School enrollment, primary, male 108.6% 2024 up 3.8% 45th Labor force, total 7.60 million 2025 up 37.8% 69th Labor force, female 22.7% 2025 up 14.3% 171st School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2020 down 0.9% 41st School enrollment, secondary 102.1% 2024 down 0.1% 52nd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 2.4 per 1,000 2024 down 17.2% 150th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2 per 1,000 2024 down 16.7% 138th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.6 per 1,000 2024 down 33.3% 153rd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.7 per 1,000 2024 down 30.0% 140th Secondary education, teachers 106,178 2024 up 70.6% 53rd School enrollment, secondary, female 100.1% 2024 down 0.0% 62nd School enrollment, secondary, male 104.1% 2024 down 0.1% 41st School enrollment, tertiary 63.7% 2024 up 19.8% 60th School enrollment, primary, private 81.6% 2024 — 2nd School enrollment, preprimary 94.2% 2020 up 10.4% 41st School enrollment, tertiary, male 56.7% 2024 up 8.1% 59th School enrollment, tertiary, female 72.6% 2024 up 34.0% 61st School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2020 — 96th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.22 GPI 2024 up 18.1% 95th Secondary education, teachers, female 75,929 2024 up 64.9% 43rd Primary completion rate, female 100.9% 2023 down 3.9% 39th Primary completion rate, male 97.4% 2023 down 7.4% 63rd Secondary education, general pupils 520,274 2017 — 94th Lower secondary completion rate, total 104.2% 2023 down 0.7% 11th School enrollment, preprimary, female 94.3% 2020 up 9.3% 38th School enrollment, preprimary, male 94.1% 2020 up 11.5% 40th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 73.9% 2020 down 24.6% 134th Secondary education, general pupils 46.8% 2017 — 181st Lower secondary completion rate, female 107.7% 2023 up 0.3% 8th Lower secondary completion rate, male 100.7% 2023 down 1.8% 17th Children out of school 0.0% 2024 down 99.6% 196th Secondary education, duration 8 years 2025 up 14.3% 3rd Primary education, duration 4 years 2025 down 20.0% 186th Primary education, pupils 586,477 2024 down 8.8% 103rd Secondary education, pupils 894,302 2024 up 31.5% 85th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 70.1% 2020 down 27.8% 127th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 77.9% 2020 down 21.2% 119th Secondary education, vocational pupils 8,206 2017 — 127th Number of under-five deaths, male 278 2024 down 31.7% 123rd Number of under-five deaths, female 220 2024 down 30.4% 123rd Number of infant deaths, male 224 2024 down 32.5% 123rd Number of infant deaths, female 177 2024 down 30.9% 123rd Children out of school, female 0.1% 2023 down 89.6% 174th Children out of school, male 0.2% 2023 down 65.4% 174th Secondary education, vocational pupils 37.9% 2017 — 125th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 89.2% 2017 down 16.2% 170th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.2% 2025 up 21.2% 168th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.6% 2025 up 33.2% 172nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.2% 2025 down 1.0% 119th Primary education, teachers 76.8% 2024 up 0.5% 104th Repeaters, primary, total 0.2% 2015 down 90.8% 158th Persistence to grade 5, total 80.9% 2018 down 17.4% 117th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 455 2024 up 3.4% 103rd Page 1 of 3 Next →