United Arab Emirates: Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group)

Key figures

Since 1974 it is up 9.15 percentage points from 87.93% in 1974. The World Bank has no value for 12 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2015, United Arab Emirates' gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) fell 7.88 percentage points on 2014 (from 104.96% to 97.08%).

Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1975 to 2014), the average change was −0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.13 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 29.49 percentage points in 1982 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.96 percentage points in 1979. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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Closest to United Arab Emirates in the 2015 ranking

• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 1st of 3: 134.71%
• Ethiopia — 2nd of 3: 129.21%

What this measures

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age.

Limitations: The quality of data is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished in the first grade of primary education. Caution is also needed for countries with a total population under 100,000 since the United Nations Population Division neither publish nor endorse single-age data for those countries. The data are highly subject to fluctuations in migration and other factors.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 30 values

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 90.45% (2018)
• Algeria — 101.51% (2018)
• Bahrain — 89.51% (2018)
• Djibouti — 75.79% (2019)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 102.41% (2018)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 104.64% (2017)
• Israel — 104.88% (2017)
• Jordan

More education data for United Arab Emirates

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 10 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 8 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils (% female) — 49.03% (2017)
• Pupil-teacher ratio, primary — 24.52 (2016)
• School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) — 94.21% (2020)
• Primary education, pupils — 586,477 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 108.04% (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is United Arab Emirates's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group)?

97.08% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1974?

It is up 9.15 percentage points from 87.93% in 1974. The highest value was 106.51% in 2007 and the lowest 63.78% in 1979.

Is the latest change in gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) unusual for United Arab Emirates?

In 2015, United Arab Emirates' gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) fell 7.88 percentage points on 2014 (from 104.96% to 97.08%). Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1975 to 2014), the average change was −0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.13 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.GINT.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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