Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Yemen

Share of children out of school in Yemen in 2016 — 30.62%. Ranked 140 in the world out of 144. Since 1999, the indicator has fallen by 19.29 pp.

2016 30.62% +2.76 pp vs 2013
World rank 140of 144
Period maximum 49.91%1999
Period minimum 27.86%2013

Trend over time

1999–2016 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Yemen, 1999–20162030405019992001200320052007200920112013201520161999: 49.91%2001: 41.92%2003: 35.49%2004: 32.93%2005: 31.42%2008: 33.36%2010: 29.86%2012: 28.09%2013: 27.86%2016: 30.62%
Change over the period: −19.29 pp Annual average: -1.13 pp

Comparison, 2016

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Yemen

Yemen 30.62%
World computed 6.51%
Western Asia computed 9.97%
Share of children out of school — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2016 30.62 —
2013 27.86 −0.23 pp
2012 28.09 —
2010 29.86 —
2008 33.36 —
2005 31.42 −1.51 pp
2004 32.93 −2.56 pp
2003 35.49 —
2001 41.92 —
1999 49.91 —

About the indicator

The share of children of primary school age not attending school. Unlike the absolute count, the indicator speaks to the state of the education system in a country, and it shows that the task does not reduce to poverty: at comparable income the shares differ severalfold, and the highest values come from countries where schooling is obstructed by conflict or by a nomadic way of life.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14: total population is the wrong weight here — the share of children differs fourfold across countries.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.