Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG in Yemen
Yemen: Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG was 37.92 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG in Yemen, 1990–2023
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 37.92 for upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 31.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Yemen peaked at 37.92 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13.89, in 1990.
Yemen ranks 58th of 62 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.74 | 13.89 | 21.51 | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.35 | 22.51 | 27.17 | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.58 | 27.39 | 34.4 | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.46 | 35.08 | 37.92 | 4 |
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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 upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Yemen?
- Upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Yemen was 37.92 in 2023, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 37.92 in 2023.
- What is the lowest upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.89 in 1990.
- How does Yemen rank for upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg?
- Yemen ranks 58th out of 62 countries with data for 2023.
- Is upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 4.1.2. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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