School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen
Yemen: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.8767 GPIA in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen, 1999–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen is 0.8767 GPIA, measured in 2016. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen peaked at 0.8767 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5522 GPIA, in 1999.
That places Yemen 207th out of 215 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5522 GPIA | 0.5522 GPIA | 0.5522 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7066 GPIA | 0.6292 GPIA | 0.8088 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.8386 GPIA | 0.8192 GPIA | 0.8767 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 204 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.9157 GPIA
- 205 Djibouti 0.9108 GPIA compare
- 206 Mali 0.9103 GPIA compare
- 208 Chad 0.8616 GPIA compare
- 209 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.857 GPIA
- 210 Guinea 0.8565 GPIA compare
More education data for Yemen
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 76.98 (2016)
- School enrollment, primary 77.0% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen was 0.8767 GPIA in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8767 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5522 GPIA in 1999.
- How does Yemen rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Yemen ranks 207th out of 215 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.0%. 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 life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release