NationMaster - Yemeni Education statistics

Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level	173,130	[51st of 150]
Education spending (% of GDP)	9.5%	[5th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure)	32.8%	[1st of 96]
Education, primary completion rate	62	[123rd of 148]
Geographical aptitude results	57.537	[182nd of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+	49.7%	[16th of 138]
Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Female	30%	[151st of 157]
Literacy > Male	70.5%	[129th of 156]
Literacy > Total population	50.2%	[144th of 160]
Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above	32.68 %	[113rd of 121]
Literacy rate, youth total > % of people ages 15-24	49.97 %	[110th of 123]
Primary school girls out of school	65%	[12th of 99]
Public spending on education, total > % of GDP	9.64 %	[5th of 136]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure	32.78 %	[1st of 103]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary	26.13	[59th of 159]
School life expectancy > Male	11.4 years	[57th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	8.5 years	[91st of 110]
Scientific and technical journal articles	10	[131st of 175]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24	0.65	[32nd of 138]

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SOURCES: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; United Nations Human Development Programme; The Geography Zone; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Development Indicators database; Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices; UNESCO Institute for Statistics

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Yemen, Republic of Yemen, Al Jumhuriyah al Yamaniyah, Al Yaman, democratic yemen [former]

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