United Arab Emirates's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) was 89.24% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 17.2 percentage points from 106.44% in 2007.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 89.24% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 104.73% | 2012 |
| Ten years earlier | 106.44% | 2007 |
| Highest | 108.18% | 1990 |
| Lowest | 63.35% | 1979 |
| Average since 2012 | 99.42% | 2012–2017 |
| First recorded | 94.63% | 1974 |
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 29.36 percentage points in 1982 and the biggest yearly fall was 11.2 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
In 2017, United Arab Emirates had the 53rd highest value of the 55 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 89.24% | 2017 |
| World | 105.12% | 2018 |
| High income | 98.51% | 2018 |
Closest to United Arab Emirates in the 2017 ranking
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 31 values
| Year | Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 89.24 |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | 97.69 |
| 2014 | 104.67 |
| 2013 | 100.76 |
| 2012 | 104.73 |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 | no data |
| 2008 | no data |
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 110.78% (2018)
- Algeria — 101.88% (2018)
- Bahrain — 89.16% (2018)
- Djibouti — 77.45% (2019)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 101.78% (2018)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 105.02% (2017)
- Israel — 103.83% (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, total (% of relevant age group)?
- 89.24% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1974?
- It is down 5.39 percentage points from 94.63% in 1974. The highest value was 108.18% in 1990 and the lowest 63.35% in 1979.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank?
- 53rd highest of 55 economies with data for 2017.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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).
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.GINT.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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