Kenya vs Yemen: Children out of school, female

Kenya
31.9%
in 2022
Yemen
34.9%
in 2016
Kenya rank
16th
Yemen rank
14th

Children out of school, female over time

  • Kenya
  • Yemen
0204060199920102022

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 34.9% against 31.9% in Kenya, a difference of 3.0%.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.

Across all 6 years both countries report, Yemen has been ahead every year.

Kenya ranks 16th and Yemen ranks 14th of 177 countries.

Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Yemen Difference Ahead
1990s 37.1% 63.1% 26.1% Yemen
2000s 14.4% 42.6% 28.2% Yemen
2010s 15.8% 34.4% 18.5% Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children out of school, female, Kenya or Yemen?
Yemen, at 34.9% against 31.9% in Kenya as of 2016.
What is the difference in children out of school, female between Kenya and Yemen?
3.0%, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Yemen?
6 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2012.
How do Kenya and Yemen rank globally for children out of school, female?
Kenya ranks 16th and Yemen ranks 14th of 177 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Children out of school, female (% of female primary school age). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Kenya vs Yemen: Children out of school, female. Statizoid, drawing on Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 19 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/children-out-of-school-female-percent-of-female-primary-school-age/kenya/yemen-rep/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/children-out-of-school-female-percent-of-female-primary-school-age/kenya/yemen-rep/">Kenya vs Yemen: Children out of school, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Children out of school, female (% of female primary school age)
Unit
% of female primary school age
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
182 places, 3,665 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Children out of school are the percentage of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Children in the official primary age group that are in preprimary education should be considered out of school.