Liberia vs Yemen: Share of population with no formal education
Liberia
36.0%
in 2020
Yemen
38.0%
in 2020
Liberia rank
9th
Yemen rank
7th
Share of population with no formal education over time
- Liberia
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 38.0% against 36.0% in Liberia, a difference of 2.0%.
That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Liberia's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Yemen has been ahead every year.
Liberia ranks 9th and Yemen ranks 7th of 111 countries.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 99.0% | 100.0% | 1.0% | Yemen |
| 1880s | 98.4% | 100.0% | 1.6% | Yemen |
| 1890s | 97.5% | 99.9% | 2.4% | Yemen |
| 1900s | 95.8% | 99.9% | 4.2% | Yemen |
| 1910s | 92.9% | 99.8% | 6.9% | Yemen |
| 1920s | 89.8% | 99.8% | 10.0% | Yemen |
| 1930s | 91.5% | 99.8% | 8.3% | Yemen |
| 1940s | 91.2% | 99.7% | 8.5% | Yemen |
| 1950s | 90.9% | 99.5% | 8.6% | Yemen |
| 1960s | 87.2% | 99.1% | 11.9% | Yemen |
| 1970s | 81.5% | 98.5% | 17.0% | Yemen |
| 1980s | 68.8% | 93.2% | 24.3% | Yemen |
| 1990s | 60.8% | 80.2% | 19.4% | Yemen |
| 2000s | 54.4% | 66.4% | 12.0% | Yemen |
| 2010s | 43.0% | 50.9% | 7.9% | Yemen |
| 2020s | 36.0% | 38.0% | 2.0% | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population with no formal education, Liberia or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 38.0% against 36.0% in Liberia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of population with no formal education between Liberia and Yemen?
- 2.0%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Yemen?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Liberia and Yemen rank globally for share of population with no formal education?
- Liberia ranks 9th and Yemen ranks 7th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population with no formal education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The share of adults aged between 15 and 64 years old with no formal education.