Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Yemen
Yemen: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education was 72.5% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Yemen, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 72.5% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Yemen peaked at 99.7% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 72.5%, in 2010.
Yemen ranks 5th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Yemen, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 99.7% | — |
| 1965 | 99.6% | -0.0% |
| 1970 | 99.4% | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 99.7% | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 98.6% | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 97.2% | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 94.1% | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 90.7% | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 86.2% | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 81.1% | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 72.5% | -10.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 99.7% | 99.6% | 99.7% | 2 |
| 1970s | 99.6% | 99.4% | 99.7% | 2 |
| 1980s | 97.9% | 97.2% | 98.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 92.4% | 90.7% | 94.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 83.6% | 81.1% | 86.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 72.5% | 72.5% | 72.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 2 Afghanistan 78.2% compare
- 3 Mozambique 77.6% compare
- 4 Mali 75.3% compare
- 6 Gambia 67.9% compare
- 7 Sierra Leone 65.0% compare
- 8 Benin 64.9% compare
More education data for Yemen
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 229,234 (2016)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 19,507 (2016)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 16,813 (2016)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.92 million (2016)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.90 million (2016)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 5.15 % change on previous year (2013)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2016)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1215 units per person (2016)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Yemen?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Yemen was 72.5% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 99.7% in 1975.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.5% in 2010.
- How does Yemen rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education?
- Yemen ranks 5th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education