Share of children who have completed primary school in Yemen
Yemen: Share of children who have completed primary school was 74.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of children who have completed primary school in Yemen, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of children who have completed primary school in Yemen stood at 74.8%. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who have completed primary school in Yemen peaked at 74.8% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 27.4%, in 1981.
That places Yemen 135th out of 165 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 31.5% | 27.4% | 35.7% | 9 |
| 1990s | 42.1% | 36.8% | 47.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 53.6% | 48.4% | 59.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.0% | 60.5% | 69.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.5% | 70.1% | 74.8% | 6 |
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 have completed primary school in Yemen?
- Share of children who have completed primary school in Yemen was 74.8% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 74.8% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.4% in 1981.
- How does Yemen rank for share of children who have completed primary school?
- Yemen ranks 135th out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of children who have completed primary school rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who have completed primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children who are three to five years older than the official age for the last grade of primary education who have successfully completed it. This broader age band is used to include children who started school late or had to resit particular years.