WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) vs Yemen: School life expectancy, primary, both sexes

WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
5.2 years
in 2024
Yemen
4.67 years
in 2016
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) rank
181st
Yemen rank
180th

School life expectancy, primary, both sexes over time

  • WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
  • Yemen
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How they compare

WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) currently reports 5.2 years against 4.67 years in Yemen, a difference of 0.53 years.

That makes WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)'s figure about 1.1 times Yemen's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1999 it was WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.

WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 181st and Yemen ranks 180th of 221 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) averaged higher in 2 and Yemen in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) Yemen Difference Ahead
1990s 4.15 years 3.97 years 0.1851 years WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
2000s 4.54 years 4.54 years 0.007 years WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
2010s 4.82 years 4.83 years 0.0117 years Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary, both sexes, WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) or Yemen?
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), at 5.2 years against 4.67 years in Yemen as of 2024.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary, both sexes between WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) and Yemen?
0.53 years, with WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) and Yemen?
12 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2016.
How do WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) and Yemen rank globally for school life expectancy, primary, both sexes?
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 181st and Yemen ranks 180th of 221 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary, both sexes (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
439 places, 17,962 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release