Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Yemen
Yemen: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 99.4% in 2016. ▬ Flat
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Yemen, 1999–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 99.4% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2016. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Yemen peaked at 99.4% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 97.6%, in 1999.
Yemen ranks 36th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Yemen, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 97.6% | — |
| 2001 | 98.0% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 98.3% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 98.4% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 98.3% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 98.1% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 98.2% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 98.1% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 98.1% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 98.3% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 99.4% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 97.6% | 97.6% | 97.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 98.2% | 98.0% | 98.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 98.4% | 98.1% | 99.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
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 share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Yemen?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Yemen was 99.4% in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 99.4% in 2016.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.6% in 1999.
- How does Yemen rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Yemen ranks 36th out of 190 countries with data for 2016.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release