Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen
Yemen: Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9356 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen is 0.9356 index, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen peaked at 0.9356 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0786 index, in 1981.
That places Yemen 158th out of 165 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.1586 index | 0.0786 index | 0.2399 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.3493 index | 0.2591 index | 0.4414 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5554 index | 0.46 index | 0.6542 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7604 index | 0.6751 index | 0.8425 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8998 index | 0.8598 index | 0.9356 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
More gender data for Yemen
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 662,464 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 697,629 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 655,085 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 689,139 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 643,105 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 676,763 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 626,601 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 659,110 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 611,479 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 642,923 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen?
- Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen was 0.9356 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9356 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0786 index in 1981.
- How does Yemen rank for primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Yemen ranks 158th out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary school completion rates, 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 primary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.