Yemen
Background Information
Region
Middle East & North Africa
World Bank income group
Low income
Percent of population aged 10-24
32% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
4,494,502 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
3,971,272 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
32%
Source: UNSDG, 2013
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
60
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15
No data available
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
10%
Source: DHS, 2013
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Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
9
Source: UIS, 2019
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure
No data available
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
No data available