Secondary school enrollment — all countries

Secondary school enrollment — United Arab Emirates

Secondary school enrollment in the United Arab Emirates in 2024 — 102.1%. Ranked 30 in the world out of 109. Since 1971, the indicator has risen by 89.4 pp.

2024 102.1% +0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank 30of 109
Period maximum 103.2%2021
Period minimum 12.8%1971

Trend over time

1971–2024 · % (gross ratio)

Secondary school enrollment — United Arab Emirates, 1971–202405010015019711977198319891995200120072013201920241971: 12.8%1972: 15%1973: 15.7%1974: 15%1975: 19.1%1976: 29.7%1977: 31.7%1978: 33.6%1979: 38.6%1980: 45%1981: 51%1982: 54.9%1983: 57.8%1984: 61.4%1985: 63.9%1986: 65.9%1987: 55.8%1988: 52.7%1989: 52.7%1990: 54.9%1991: 59.2%1992: 63%1993: 67.8%1994: 74%1995: 78.7%1997: 68%1998: 62.6%2018: 102.2%2019: 101.7%2020: 99.2%2021: 103.2%2022: 102.4%2023: 101.9%2024: 102.1%
Change over the period: +89.4 pp Annual average: 1.69 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates 102.1%
World 77.3%
Western Asia computed 87.6%
Secondary school enrollment — United Arab Emirates, by year United Arab Emirates All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 102.1 +0.2 pp
2023 101.9 −0.4 pp
2022 102.4 −0.8 pp
2021 103.2 +4 pp
2020 99.2 −2.6 pp
2019 101.7 −0.4 pp
2018 102.2
1998 62.6 −5.4 pp
1997 68
1995 78.7 +4.7 pp
1994 74 +6.2 pp
1993 67.8 +4.8 pp
1992 63 +3.8 pp
1991 59.2 +4.3 pp
1990 54.9 +2.1 pp
1989 52.7 +0.1 pp
1988 52.7 −3.2 pp
1987 55.8 −10 pp
1986 65.9 +2 pp
1985 63.9 +2.5 pp
1984 61.4 +3.6 pp
1983 57.8 +2.9 pp
1982 54.9 +3.9 pp
1981 51 +6 pp
1980 45 +6.5 pp
1979 38.6 +5 pp
1978 33.6 +1.9 pp
1977 31.7 +1.9 pp
1976 29.7 +10.6 pp
1975 19.1 +4.1 pp
1974 15 −0.7 pp
1973 15.7 +0.7 pp
1972 15 +2.3 pp
1971 12.8

About the indicator

The gross secondary enrollment ratio — the ratio of the total number of secondary school pupils, of any age, to the population of the official age for that level. It can exceed 100% when pupils older than the official age are in school — because of repetition or a late start, for example.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.