Yemen

Adult literacy in Yemen

Adult literacy in Yemen: 37.1% in 1994 and 37.1% in 1994, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 1994
37.1%
World, 1994
76.4%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in YemenAdult literacy in Yemen: 37.1% in 1994 and 37.1% in 1994, by UNESCO estimates. The world as a whole: 76.4% in 1994.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearYemenWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
2019–86.8
2018–86.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
199437.176.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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