Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Yemen
Yemen: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education was 57.5% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Yemen, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Yemen stood at 57.5%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Yemen peaked at 99.4% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 57.5%, in 2010.
That places Yemen 7th 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+ with no education in Yemen, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 99.4% | — |
| 1965 | 99.1% | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 98.7% | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 98.8% | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 95.8% | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 91.1% | -4.9% |
| 1990 | 84.0% | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 78.2% | -6.9% |
| 2000 | 70.8% | -9.4% |
| 2005 | 65.0% | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 57.5% | -11.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 99.2% | 99.1% | 99.4% | 2 |
| 1970s | 98.8% | 98.7% | 98.8% | 2 |
| 1980s | 93.5% | 91.1% | 95.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 81.1% | 78.2% | 84.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 67.9% | 65.0% | 70.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 57.5% | 57.5% | 57.5% | 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+ with no education in Yemen?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Yemen was 57.5% 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+ with no education recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 99.4% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.5% in 2010.
- How does Yemen rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education?
- Yemen ranks 7th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. 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 population age 15+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 15+ with no education