What is the difference in girls and boys who are out of school between Tanzania, United Republic of and Yemen?

41,062 girls, with Yemen ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania, United Republic of and Yemen?

9 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2016.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Girls and boys who are out of school. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Tanzania, United Republic of vs Yemen: Girls and boys who are out of school

Tanzania, United Republic of

822,227 girls

in 2024

Yemen

863,289 girls

in 2016

Tanzania, United Republic of rank

12th

Yemen rank

11th

Girls and boys who are out of school over time

Tanzania, United Republic of
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 863,289 girls against 822,227 girls in Tanzania, United Republic of, a difference of 41,062 girls.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 9 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Tanzania, United Republic of ahead.

Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 12th and Yemen ranks 11th of 180 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Tanzania, United Republic of averaged higher in 1 and Yemen in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Tanzania, United Republic of	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.50 million girls	1.12 million girls	375,610 girls	Tanzania, United Republic of
2000s	405,104 girls	843,482 girls	438,378 girls	Yemen
2010s	648,358 girls	798,443 girls	150,085 girls	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher girls and boys who are out of school, Tanzania, United Republic of or Yemen?: Yemen, at 863,289 girls against 822,227 girls in Tanzania, United Republic of as of 2016.
What is the difference in girls and boys who are out of school between Tanzania, United Republic of and Yemen?: 41,062 girls, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania, United Republic of and Yemen?: 9 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2016.
How do Tanzania, United Republic of and Yemen rank globally for girls and boys who are out of school?: Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 12th and Yemen ranks 11th of 180 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Girls and boys who are out of school. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Girls and boys who are out of school
Unit: girls
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 180 places, 3,583 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Girls in the official primary school age range who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary education.