Primary school completion rate in Yemen
The primary completion rate in Yemen was 60.1% in 2016. The value for 2016 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1999.
The latest value for Yemen is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Yemen, 2016
60.1%
Change from 2013
+1.0percentage points
World, 2016
88.5%
Primary school completion rate in Yemen over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 88.0% |
| 2023 | – | 87.3% |
| 2022 | – | 91.1% |
| 2021 | – | 88.7% |
| 2020 | – | 88.0% |
| 2019 | – | 87.9% |
| 2018 | – | 88.1% |
| 2017 | – | 88.2% |
| 2016 | 60.1% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | – | 87.9% |
| 2014 | – | 88.1% |
| 2013 | 59.2% | 88.3% |
| 2012 | 59.3% | 88.1% |
| 2011 | – | 87.8% |
| 2010 | 56.5% | 88.5% |
| 2009 | – | 89.0% |
| 2008 | 57.0% | 88.2% |
| 2007 | – | 86.5% |
| 2006 | – | 85.3% |
| 2005 | 53.5% | 85.0% |
| 2004 | 53.5% | 84.2% |
| 2003 | 53.9% | 83.5% |
| 2002 | 50.9% | 83.3% |
| 2001 | 51.2% | 82.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 59.2% in 2013, a change of +1.0 percentage points.
- Since 1999, when it was 48.0%, the figure has changed by +12.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2016 was 88.5%.
More for Yemen
All statistics for Yemen
Primary school enrolment (gross)
77.0%
2016 · World Bank
Secondary school enrolment (gross)
43.7%
2016 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
46.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
68.1%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
52.8%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
36.6%
2023 · UNESCO UIS