WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan vs Yemen: Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number)

WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan
20.71 million
in 2024
Yemen
267,498
in 2011
WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan rank
83rd
Yemen rank
83rd

Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) over time

  • WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan
  • Yemen
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M197019972024

How they compare

WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan currently reports 20.71 million against 267,498 in Yemen, a difference of 20.44 million.

That makes WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan's figure about 77.4 times Yemen's.

Across all 16 years both countries report, WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan has been ahead every year.

WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan ranks 83rd and Yemen ranks 83rd of 221 groups.

WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan Yemen Difference Ahead
1990s 5.53 million 99,461 5.43 million WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan
2000s 9.68 million 210,003 9.47 million WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan
2010s 14.19 million 269,814 13.92 million WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number), WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan or Yemen?
WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan, at 20.71 million against 267,498 in Yemen as of 2024.
What is the difference in enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) between WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen?
20.44 million, with WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen?
16 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2011.
How do WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen rank globally for enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number)?
WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan ranks 83rd and Yemen ranks 83rd of 221 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number), gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number), gaps filled
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
421 places, 19,011 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) with 690 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.