School enrollment, preprimary, female in Yemen
Yemen: School enrollment, preprimary, female was 1.5% in 2016. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, preprimary, female in Yemen, 1991–2016
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % gross.
Analysis
In 2016, school enrollment, preprimary, female in Yemen stood at 1.5%. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 18.0% on the previous year and up 69.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, preprimary, female in Yemen peaked at 1.5% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2001.
Yemen ranks 191st of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
School enrollment, preprimary, female in Yemen, year by year
| Year | % gross | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.7% | — |
| 1992 | 0.7% | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 0.7% | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 0.6% | -16.7% |
| 1999 | 0.6% | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.5% | -13.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | +41.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | +14.9% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | +28.0% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | +14.2% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 1.5% | +18.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 188 Syrian Arab Republic 5.4% compare
- 189 Iraq 3.6% compare
- 190 Central African Republic 3.0% compare
- 192 Chad 1.2% compare
- 193 Afghanistan 1.1% compare
- 194 Somalia 1.0% compare
More education data for Yemen
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 144,824 (2016)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, preprimary, female in Yemen?
- School enrollment, preprimary, female in Yemen was 1.5% in 2016, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, preprimary, female recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 2016.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, preprimary, female recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2001.
- How does Yemen rank for school enrollment, preprimary, female?
- Yemen ranks 191st out of 194 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school enrollment, preprimary, female rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, preprimary, female (% gross). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school.