Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen
Yemen: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.8767 index in 2016. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen, 1999–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 0.8767 index for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in 2016. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen peaked at 0.8767 index in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5522 index, in 1999.
That places Yemen 207th out of 215 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.5522 index | — |
| 2001 | 0.6292 index | +13.9% |
| 2002 | 0.6623 index | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 0.688 index | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 0.708 index | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 0.7433 index | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8088 index | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8213 index | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.8192 index | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8316 index | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.8443 index | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.8767 index | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5522 index | 0.5522 index | 0.5522 index | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7066 index | 0.6292 index | 0.8088 index | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.8386 index | 0.8192 index | 0.8767 index | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 204 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.9157 index
- 205 Djibouti 0.9108 index compare
- 206 Mali 0.9103 index compare
- 208 Chad 0.8616 index compare
- 209 Falkland Islands 0.857 index
- 210 Guinea 0.8565 index compare
More health data for Yemen
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.94 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.04 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 809.4 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 9,603 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 2.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.2001 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 2.67 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.2101 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Yemen was 0.8767 index in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8767 index in 2016.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5522 index in 1999.
- How does Yemen rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Yemen ranks 207th out of 215 countries with data for 2016.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.0%. 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 life expectancy, 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 equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.