Education in Yemen 96 indicators covering education for Yemen. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 98.9% 2016 down 8.0% 121st Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 107.4% 2016 down 16.8% 51st Number of adults with no formal education by region 1.43 million people 2100 down 38.4% 21st Share of the population with no formal education with projections 2.2% 2100 down 38.2% 28th Population by level of education 17.24 million people 2100 up 14.4% 42nd Repeaters, primary, female 5.2% 2016 up 20.5% 52nd Repeaters, primary, male 6.4% 2016 up 21.0% 54th School enrollment, secondary, private 3.9% 2016 up 76.6% 146th School enrollment, primary 84.2% 2016 up 9.7% 148th Over-age students, primary 9.9% 2016 down 25.5% 68th School enrollment, primary, female 78.7% 2016 up 19.0% 143rd School enrollment, primary, male 89.4% 2016 up 2.9% 107th Over-age students, primary, male 10.3% 2016 down 28.6% 69th Over-age students, primary, female 9.4% 2016 down 19.5% 66th Compulsory education, duration 9 years 2025 unchanged 115th Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 84.4% 2016 up 9.7% 150th Primary education, pupils 45.6% 2016 up 9.6% 194th Tertiary education, academic staff 17.1% 2007 up 1,246.4% 150th Persistence to grade 5, female 72.9% 2012 up 3.2% 126th Persistence to grade 5, male 77.5% 2012 down 2.6% 107th School enrollment, secondary 47.6% 2016 up 19.8% 127th Preprimary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 10th School enrollment, secondary, male 54.7% 2016 up 12.6% 118th School enrollment, secondary, female 40.2% 2016 up 31.6% 132nd Children out of school, primary 1.55 million 2016 up 21.8% 10th Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 78.9% 2016 up 19.0% 144th Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 89.7% 2016 up 2.8% 112th Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 26.93 2016 down 12.6% 55th Secondary education, pupils 41.2% 2016 up 28.3% 193rd Children out of school, primary, male 688,200 2016 up 47.1% 13th Children out of school, primary, female 863,289 2016 up 7.1% 11th Adolescents out of school 39.7% 2016 down 13.9% 17th Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 26.41 2016 up 73.1% 32nd Adolescents out of school, female 44.5% 2016 down 21.2% 14th Adolescents out of school, male 35.1% 2016 down 2.9% 22nd Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary 32.21 2007 down 2.9% 12th ← Previous Page 2 of 2