School age population, early … age female educational development in Yemen
Yemen: School age population, early … age female educational development was 1.95 million in 2025. ▲ Rising
School age population, early childhood educational development in Yemen, 2013–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, early childhood educational development in Yemen is 1.95 million, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 33.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood educational development in Yemen peaked at 1.95 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1.36 million, in 2013.
That places Yemen 6th out of 104 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
School age population, early … age female educational development in Yemen, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1.36 million | — |
| 2014 | 1.40 million | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 1.46 million | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 1.52 million | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 1.57 million | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 1.63 million | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 1.68 million | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 1.73 million | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 1.78 million | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 1.82 million | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 1.87 million | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 1.91 million | +2.4% |
| 2025 | 1.95 million | +1.8% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 1.95 million is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 249,437, 7.8× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.52 million | 1.36 million | 1.68 million | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.84 million | 1.73 million | 1.95 million | 6 |
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 school age population, early childhood educational development in Yemen?
- School age population, early childhood educational development in Yemen was 1.95 million in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 1.95 million in 2025.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.36 million in 2013.
- How does Yemen rank for school age population, early childhood educational development?
- Yemen ranks 6th out of 104 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, early childhood educational development rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release