Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Yemen
Yemen: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 96.6% in 2016. ▬ Flat
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Yemen, 1999–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2016, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Yemen stood at 96.6%. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Yemen peaked at 96.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 95.4%, in 2010.
Yemen ranks 1st of 179 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 96.0% | 96.0% | 96.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 96.4% | 96.4% | 96.4% | 1 |
| 2010s | 96.1% | 95.4% | 96.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
More education data for Yemen
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 77.0% (2016)
- Primary education, teachers 144,824 (2016)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.5 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 71.9% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Yemen?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Yemen was 96.6% in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 96.6% in 2016.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.4% in 2010.
- How does Yemen rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Yemen ranks 1st out of 179 countries with data for 2016.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who are not in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children one year before the official primary entry age (typically age 5) not enrolled in pre-primary education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.