Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Yemen
Yemen: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ with no education was 69.2% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25+ 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 25+ with no education in Yemen is 69.2%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Yemen peaked at 100.0% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 69.2%, 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 population age 25+ with no education in Yemen, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 100.0% | — |
| 1965 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 99.9% | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 100.0% | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 99.1% | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 98.2% | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 95.6% | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 91.6% | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 85.3% | -6.8% |
| 2005 | 76.9% | -9.9% |
| 2010 | 69.2% | -9.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1970s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1980s | 98.7% | 98.2% | 99.1% | 2 |
| 1990s | 93.6% | 91.6% | 95.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 81.1% | 76.9% | 85.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 69.2% | 69.2% | 69.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 2 Niger 78.2% compare
- 3 Mozambique 74.6% compare
- 4 Gambia 72.7% compare
- 6 Afghanistan 66.0% compare
- 7 Senegal 65.3% compare
- 8 Sierra Leone 65.1% 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 population age 25+ with no education in Yemen?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education in Yemen was 69.2% 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 25+ with no education recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1975.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.2% in 2010.
- How does Yemen rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ with no education?
- Yemen ranks 5th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 25+ 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 25+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 25+ with no education