United Arab Emirates (2024)
63.7
% gross enrollment ratio
+2.4pp YoY
YoY Change
+2.4pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
7
years of data

Data

United Arab Emirates Tertiary Education Enrollment Rate (2024) — source data. World Bank.
Year % gross enrollment ratio YoY Change
2024 63.7 +2.4pp
2023 61.3 +0.9pp
2022 60.4 +3.9pp
2021 56.5 +1.5pp
2020 55 +1.1pp
2019 53.9 +0.7pp
2018 53.2 n/a

About this Dataset

United Arab Emirates recorded 63.7 % gross enrollment ratio in 2024. The latest change was +2.4pp. Across 2018–2024 the series ranges from 53.2 in 2018 to 63.7 in 2024.

This page tracks the gross tertiary education enrollment ratio in United Arab Emirates from 1990 to present. Tertiary enrollment reflects the depth of the educated workforce and talent pipeline for knowledge-economy sectors.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks the gross tertiary education enrollment ratio in United Arab Emirates from 1990 to present. Tertiary enrollment reflects the depth of the educated workforce and talent pipeline for knowledge-economy sectors. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2024. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2018–2024 (7 observations).

The series peaked at 63.7 % gross enrollment ratio in 2024 and reached its lowest recorded value of 53.2 in 2018. The latest reading of 63.7 in 2024 represents a change of +2.4pp.