Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Yemen

Gross tertiary enrolment in Yemen was 8.8% in 2011.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1992 to 2011 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Yemen is for 2011. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Yemen, 2011 8.8% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2010 −0.5percentage points 2010: 9.3%
World, 2011 31.1% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Yemen over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period YemenWorld
2024 – 43.6%
2023 – 43.2%
2022 – 42.0%
2021 – 41.1%
2020 – 39.7%
2019 – 38.7%
2018 – 37.9%
2017 – 37.5%
2016 – 37.1%
2015 – 36.6%
2014 – 35.6%
2013 – 33.1%
2012 – 32.3%
2011 8.8% 31.1%
2010 9.3% 29.6%
2009 9.7% 28.3%
2008 9.2% 27.4%
2007 9.0% 26.3%
2006 8.0% 25.7%
2005 8.3% 24.3%
2004 8.4% 23.6%
2003 8.8% 22.8%
2002 9.2% 21.6%
2001 – 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 9.3% in 2010.
  • Since 1999, when it was 9.0%, the figure has changed by −0.2 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2011 was 31.1%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1992 to 2011 for Yemen
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics