Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with no education in Yemen
Yemen: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with no education was 31.8% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with no education in Yemen, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with no education in Yemen is 31.8%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 32.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with no education in Yemen peaked at 96.7% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 31.8%, in 2010.
That places Yemen 13th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with no education in Yemen, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 96.7% | — |
| 1965 | 95.5% | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 94.6% | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 95.0% | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 87.5% | -7.9% |
| 1985 | 74.4% | -15.0% |
| 1990 | 59.0% | -20.7% |
| 1995 | 49.0% | -16.9% |
| 2000 | 47.2% | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 46.5% | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 31.8% | -31.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 96.1% | 95.5% | 96.7% | 2 |
| 1970s | 94.8% | 94.6% | 95.0% | 2 |
| 1980s | 80.9% | 74.4% | 87.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 54.0% | 49.0% | 59.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 46.9% | 46.5% | 47.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 31.8% | 31.8% | 31.8% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
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 population age 15-19 with no education in Yemen?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with no education in Yemen was 31.8% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with no education recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 96.7% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with no education recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.8% in 2010.
- How does Yemen rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with no education?
- Yemen ranks 13th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15-19 with no education rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.6%. 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 population age 15-19 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 15-19 with no education