Lower secondary school starting age in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Lower secondary school starting age was 10 years in 2025. ▼ Falling
Lower secondary school starting age in United Arab Emirates, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary school starting age in United Arab Emirates is 10 years, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary school starting age in United Arab Emirates peaked at 12 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 10 years, in 2020.
United Arab Emirates ranks 192nd of 209 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12 years | 12 years | 12 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 12 years | 12 years | 12 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 12 years | 12 years | 12 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.3 years | 11 years | 12 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 11 years | 11 years | 11 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 6 |
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More education data for United Arab Emirates
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 82.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.0% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 108.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 39,735 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 107.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 108.6% (2024)
- Labor force, total 7.60 million (2025)
- Labor force, female 22.7% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary school starting age in United Arab Emirates?
- Lower secondary school starting age in United Arab Emirates was 10 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary school starting age recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 12 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest lower secondary school starting age recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 years in 2020.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for lower secondary school starting age?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 192nd out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary school starting age rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary school starting age (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter lower secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.