School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Yemen
Yemen: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.8428 GPIA in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Yemen, 1999–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2016, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Yemen stood at 0.8428 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.1% on the previous year and up 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Yemen peaked at 0.8428 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5038 GPIA, in 1999.
Yemen ranks 195th of 200 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Yemen, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.5038 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.5753 GPIA | +14.2% |
| 2002 | 0.6022 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 0.6311 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 0.6544 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 0.6856 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 0.7543 GPIA | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 0.7768 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 0.7765 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.7908 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8092 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8428 GPIA | +4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5038 GPIA | 0.5038 GPIA | 0.5038 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6505 GPIA | 0.5753 GPIA | 0.7543 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.7992 GPIA | 0.7765 GPIA | 0.8428 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
More education data for Yemen
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.92 million (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 5.56 % change on previous year (2013)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 144,824 (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 788,594 (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 8.79 % change on previous year (2013)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.13 million (2016)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 36,320 (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 267,498 (2011)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.7 % change on previous year (2011)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 80,059 (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Yemen?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Yemen was 0.8428 GPIA in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8428 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5038 GPIA in 1999.
- How does Yemen rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Yemen ranks 195th out of 200 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.9%. 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 and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release