Democratic Republic of Congo vs Yemen: Number of adults with no formal education by region

Democratic Republic of Congo
1.27 million people
in 2100
Yemen
1.43 million people
in 2100
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
23rd
Yemen rank
21st

Number of adults with no formal education by region over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Yemen
2.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M12.0M195020252100

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 1.43 million people against 1.27 million people in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 166,100 people.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 23rd and Yemen ranks 21st of 200 countries.

Across the 16 decades both report, Democratic Republic of Congo averaged higher in 4 and Yemen in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic Republic of Congo Yemen Difference Ahead
1950s 4.84 million people 2.86 million people 1.98 million people Democratic Republic of Congo
1960s 5.24 million people 3.40 million people 1.85 million people Democratic Republic of Congo
1970s 5.57 million people 4.00 million people 1.57 million people Democratic Republic of Congo
1980s 5.71 million people 4.97 million people 742,400 people Democratic Republic of Congo
1990s 5.82 million people 6.57 million people 745,100 people Yemen
2000s 5.57 million people 8.50 million people 2.93 million people Yemen
2010s 5.62 million people 10.48 million people 4.87 million people Yemen
2020s 5.35 million people 11.00 million people 5.66 million people Yemen
2030s 4.99 million people 10.97 million people 5.98 million people Yemen
2040s 4.60 million people 10.25 million people 5.65 million people Yemen
2050s 4.10 million people 8.85 million people 4.75 million people Yemen
2060s 3.48 million people 6.98 million people 3.50 million people Yemen
2070s 2.80 million people 4.97 million people 2.17 million people Yemen
2080s 2.17 million people 3.27 million people 1.10 million people Yemen
2090s 1.62 million people 2.08 million people 458,750 people Yemen
2100s 1.27 million people 1.43 million people 166,100 people Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of adults with no formal education by region, Democratic Republic of Congo or Yemen?
Yemen, at 1.43 million people against 1.27 million people in Democratic Republic of Congo as of 2100.
What is the difference in number of adults with no formal education by region between Democratic Republic of Congo and Yemen?
166,100 people, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Yemen?
31 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2100.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and Yemen rank globally for number of adults with no formal education by region?
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 23rd and Yemen ranks 21st of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Wittgenstein Centre (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of adults with no formal education by region. 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

Democratic Republic of Congo vs Yemen: Number of adults with no formal education by region. Statizoid, drawing on Wittgenstein Centre (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/total-number-of-people-aged-15-with-no-education-in-millions-by-continent-1970-2050/congo-dem-rep/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 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/total-number-of-people-aged-15-with-no-education-in-millions-by-continent-1970-2050/congo-dem-rep/yemen-rep/">Democratic Republic of Congo vs Yemen: Number of adults with no formal education by region</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number of adults with no formal education by region
Unit
people
Source
Wittgenstein Centre (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 6,005 data points, 1950–2100
Last refreshed

De facto population aged 15+ withno education in a country or region.