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.