Somalia vs Yemen: Number of adults with no formal education by region

Somalia
1.20 million people
in 2100
Yemen
1.43 million people
in 2100
Somalia rank
24th
Yemen rank
21st

Number of adults with no formal education by region over time

  • Somalia
  • Yemen
2.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M12.0M195020252100

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 1.43 million people against 1.20 million people in Somalia, a difference of 230,100 people.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.2 times Somalia's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Yemen has been ahead every year.

Somalia ranks 24th and Yemen ranks 21st of 200 countries.

Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Somalia Yemen Difference Ahead
1950s 1.22 million people 2.86 million people 1.64 million people Yemen
1960s 1.43 million people 3.40 million people 1.97 million people Yemen
1970s 1.73 million people 4.00 million people 2.28 million people Yemen
1980s 2.44 million people 4.97 million people 2.53 million people Yemen
1990s 2.48 million people 6.57 million people 4.09 million people Yemen
2000s 2.97 million people 8.50 million people 5.53 million people Yemen
2010s 3.47 million people 10.48 million people 7.02 million people Yemen
2020s 3.94 million people 11.00 million people 7.06 million people Yemen
2030s 4.15 million people 10.97 million people 6.82 million people Yemen
2040s 4.13 million people 10.25 million people 6.12 million people Yemen
2050s 3.85 million people 8.85 million people 5.00 million people Yemen
2060s 3.36 million people 6.98 million people 3.62 million people Yemen
2070s 2.75 million people 4.97 million people 2.23 million people Yemen
2080s 2.12 million people 3.27 million people 1.15 million people Yemen
2090s 1.56 million people 2.08 million people 524,600 people Yemen
2100s 1.20 million people 1.43 million people 230,100 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, Somalia or Yemen?
Yemen, at 1.43 million people against 1.20 million people in Somalia as of 2100.
What is the difference in number of adults with no formal education by region between Somalia and Yemen?
230,100 people, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Yemen?
31 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2100.
How do Somalia and Yemen rank globally for number of adults with no formal education by region?
Somalia ranks 24th 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.

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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.