Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen, Rep.
Yemen, Rep.: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 0.8554 index in 2016. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen, Rep., 1999–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Yemen, Rep. recorded 0.8554 index for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in 2016. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.5% on the previous year and up 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen, Rep. peaked at 0.8554 index in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.4477 index, in 1999.
That places Yemen, Rep. 156th out of 163 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4477 index | 0.4477 index | 0.4477 index | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.7441 index | 0.6822 index | 0.8554 index | 4 |
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More education data for Yemen, Rep.
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.0% (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (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 net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen, Rep.?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen, Rep. was 0.8554 index in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Yemen, Rep.?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8554 index in 2016.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Yemen, Rep.?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4477 index in 1999.
- How does Yemen, Rep. rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Yemen, Rep. ranks 156th out of 163 countries with data for 2016.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Yemen, Rep.?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen, Rep. data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in lower secondary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.