Syria vs Yemen
Syria vs Yemen: Girls in primary school
Girls in primary school: 67% in Syria in 2013 and 78.7% in Yemen in 2016, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2013 the value was higher in Yemen, by 11.3 percentage points, or 1.17 times that in Syria.
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
What the numbers say
- Yemen has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Syria.
- The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2013.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Syria | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2017 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2016 | – | 78.7 | 88.3 |
| 2015 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2014 | – | – | 88.3 |
| 2013 | 67 | 78.3 | 88.2 |
| 2012 | – | 77 | 88.2 |
| 2011 | – | – | 88.1 |
| 2010 | – | 73.5 | 87.9 |
| 2009 | – | – | 87.9 |
| 2008 | – | 69.4 | 87.6 |
| 2007 | – | – | 87.2 |
| 2006 | – | – | 86 |
| 2005 | – | 66.1 | 85.4 |
| 2004 | – | 62.3 | 84.7 |
| 2003 | – | 58.8 | 83.5 |
| 2002 | – | – | 81.4 |
| 2001 | – | – | 81 |
| 2000 | – | – | 80.7 |
| 1999 | – | 41.6 | 79.9 |
| 1998 | 90.9 | – | 78.9 |
| 1997 | 92 | – | 78.1 |
| 1996 | 92.6 | – | 77.9 |
| 1995 | – | – | 78 |
| 1994 | – | – | 78.3 |
| 1993 | – | – | 78 |
| 1992 | – | – | 77.7 |
| 1991 | – | – | 77.8 |
| 1990 | 90.6 | – | 77.3 |
| 1989 | 91 | – | 77.6 |
| 1988 | 90.4 | – | 76.6 |
| 1987 | 90.3 | – | 75.8 |
| 1986 | 86.3 | – | 75.3 |
| 1985 | 83.9 | – | 74 |
| 1980 | 81 | 9 | 75.8 |
| 1975 | 72 | 5.3 | 72.9 |
| 1970 | 54 | 1.5 | 69 |
| 1965 | 46 | 0.8 | 66 |
| 1960 | 34.5 | 0.2 | 63.1 |
| 1955 | 33.4 | 0 | 57.4 |
| 1950 | 32.2 | 0 | 51.4 |
| 1945 | 25.6 | 0 | 43.5 |
| 1940 | 20 | 0 | 40 |
| 1935 | 15.4 | 0 | 38.2 |
| 1930 | 11.7 | 0 | 36.4 |
| 1925 | 8.7 | 0 | 33 |
| 1920 | 6.5 | 0 | 30.5 |
| 1915 | 4.8 | 0 | 29.2 |
| 1910 | 3.6 | 0 | 28.1 |
| 1905 | 2.6 | 0 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 1.9 | 0 | 23.3 |
| 1895 | 1.4 | 0 | 21.8 |
| 1890 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| 1885 | 0.7 | 0 | 19 |
| 1880 | 0.5 | 0 | 17.2 |
| 1875 | 0.4 | 0 | 15.7 |
| 1870 | 0.3 | 0 | 13.2 |
| 1865 | 0.2 | 0 | 10.6 |
| 1860 | 0.2 | 0 | 9.3 |
| 1855 | 0.1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1850 | 0.1 | 0 | 6.8 |
| 1845 | 0.1 | 0 | 5.9 |
| 1840 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 |
| 1835 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 1830 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1825 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 1820 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of girls of primary-school age who are enrolled in school.
- Source: Our World in Data, joining historical estimates to the World Bank’s.
- Ranks count the 97 countries with a value in 2012, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Syria vs Yemen
Health
- Life expectancySyria: 72.1 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySyria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySyria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSyria: 3.58% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateSyria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSyria: 23.6 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthSyria: 4.92% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSyria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSyria: 72.1% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageSyria: 22.3 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSyria: 4.7% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateSyria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSyria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending per personSyria: $110 in 2011Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingSyria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelSyria: 269,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerSyria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSyria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSyria: 2 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsSyria: 30 million TIV in 2010Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986