Education in Yemen 96 indicators covering education for Yemen. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Population ages 0-14 41.0% 2025 down 2.0% 17th Population ages 15-64 56.4% 2025 up 1.8% 192nd Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 77.0% 2016 down 3.1% 198th Primary education, teachers 144,824 2016 up 30.2% 42nd School enrollment, primary, female 71.9% 2016 up 6.3% 197th School enrollment, primary, male 81.8% 2016 down 9.8% 189th Labor force, female 7.0% 2025 down 13.0% 185th Labor force, total 8.16 million 2025 up 40.3% 66th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.8717 GPI 2016 up 18.0% 191st School enrollment, secondary 43.7% 2016 up 7.8% 181st Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 4.3 per 1,000 2024 down 6.5% 36th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 4.1 per 1,000 2024 up 5.1% 33rd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 4.6 per 1,000 2024 down 14.8% 64th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 5.2 per 1,000 2024 down 18.8% 92nd School enrollment, secondary, female 36.8% 2016 up 38.7% 187th School enrollment, secondary, male 50.2% 2016 down 6.9% 173rd School enrollment, tertiary 8.8% 2011 down 4.1% 165th School enrollment, primary, private 5.0% 2016 up 116.2% 147th School enrollment, preprimary 1.6% 2016 up 64.0% 194th School enrollment, tertiary, male 12.1% 2011 down 10.7% 150th School enrollment, tertiary, female 5.4% 2011 up 16.3% 170th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.7258 GPI 2016 up 48.8% 187th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.4451 GPI 2011 up 30.3% 179th Primary completion rate, male 66.1% 2016 up 1.0% 167th Primary completion rate, female 53.9% 2016 up 31.4% 179th Secondary education, general pupils 1.91 million 2016 up 32.2% 47th Lower secondary completion rate, total 45.0% 2016 up 12.2% 159th School enrollment, preprimary, male 1.7% 2016 up 59.8% 191st School enrollment, preprimary, female 1.5% 2016 up 69.1% 191st Persistence to last grade of primary, total 69.5% 2012 down 0.9% 144th Secondary education, general pupils 41.2% 2016 up 27.8% 196th Lower secondary completion rate, female 38.5% 2016 up 49.1% 167th Lower secondary completion rate, male 51.2% 2016 down 4.9% 150th Children out of school 30.6% 2016 down 2.5% 16th Primary education, pupils 3.90 million 2016 up 21.1% 42nd Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 1.92 million 2016 up 31.7% 53rd Persistence to last grade of primary, male 71.8% 2012 down 3.0% 123rd Persistence to last grade of primary, female 66.7% 2012 up 3.6% 137th Secondary education, vocational pupils 4,792 2016 down 52.3% 145th Number of infant deaths, female 20,390 2024 up 5.4% 18th Number of infant deaths, male 26,409 2024 up 7.2% 18th Number of under-five deaths, female 22,988 2024 up 2.1% 25th Number of under-five deaths, male 29,489 2024 up 4.6% 24th Children out of school, female 34.9% 2016 down 14.2% 14th Children out of school, male 26.5% 2016 up 17.6% 21st Secondary education, vocational pupils 14.9% 2016 up 156.1% 179th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 103.2% 2016 down 12.9% 81st Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 17.3% 2025 down 3.2% 12th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 16.3% 2025 down 3.1% 10th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 30.3% 2025 up 1.7% 5th Repeaters, primary, total 5.9% 2016 up 19.9% 54th Persistence to grade 5, total 75.4% 2012 down 0.7% 127th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 4,859 2024 up 23.7% 21st Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 3,865 2024 up 31.6% 25th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 3,897 2024 up 5.9% 36th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 3,798 2024 down 6.0% 45th Page 1 of 2 Next →