World Data Atlas Topics Education

Literacy in Yemen

Demographics Age (% in 2004)
Adult 54.1 WB
Youth 0.65 WB
Gender (%)
Male 73.16 in 2004 WB
Female 64.08 in 2013 WB
Middle East (%)
Bahrain 100 in 2011 WB + 1 other
Cyprus 99.91 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Lebanon 99.87 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Turkey 99.85 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Oman 99.68 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Qatar 99.65 in 2014 WB + 1 other
Kuwait 99.58 in 2020 WB + 1 other
United Arab Emirates 99.56 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Jordan 99.56 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Saudi Arabia 99.45 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Iran 98.93 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Israel 98.05 in 1983 WB
Syrian Arab Republic 95.2 in 2014 WB
Palestine 94.14 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Iraq 92.1 in 2017 WB + 1 other
Yemen 64.08 in 2013 WB
Education Indicators
Completion Rate 41.95 % in 2016 WB
Duration 6 years in 2022 WB
Enrollment Rate 1.59 % in 2016 WB
Intake Rate Primary Education 6 timeseries
Literacy 64.08 % in 2013 WB
Not in Education 34.26 % in 2016 WB
Pupil–Teacher Ratio 26.41 ratio in 2016 WB
School Life Expectancy 2.8 years in 2022 UNDP + 1 other
Starting Age 12 years in 2022 WB
Education Indicators