Yemen — AI Gap Index — Fix the AI GAP

0/28

AI Gap Index

0/10

Schools

0/8

Workforce

0/6

Governance

0/4

Access

Schools 0/10

D1 AI literacy curriculum exists in schools 0 No AI literacy curriculum in schools; the education system is severely disrupted by ongoing conflict. ^[1]

D2 Curriculum is binding law or mandate 0 No binding curriculum law. ^[1]

D3 Ethics component included in curriculum 0 No ethics curriculum requirement. ^[1]

D4 Teacher training mandated and funded before rollout 0 No mandated teacher training programme. ^[1]

D5 Dedicated funding attached to the requirement 0 No dedicated education funding for AI. ^[1]

Workforce 0/8

D6 Employers legally required to train all employees 0 No employer obligation to train all employees in AI. ^[1]

D7 Training must cover ethics and critical evaluation 0 No employer ethics training mandate. ^[1]

D8 Pre-redundancy training obligation exists 0 No pre-redundancy training obligation. ^[1]

D9 Workers have rights when AI used in employment decisions 0 No legal rights for workers in AI employment decisions. ^[1]

Civil Service & Governance 0/6

D10 Civil servants working with AI must receive training 0 No national AI law or AI governance body; as of May 2025 Yemen has no comprehensive national AI legislation. ^[1]

D11 Minimum training standard is defined 0 No civil servant AI training standard. ^[1]

D12 Enforcement mechanism exists with named authority 0 No training-specific enforcement mechanism. ^[1]

Public Access 0/4

D13 Free or publicly funded AI literacy resources available 0 No publicly funded AI literacy resources; individual student AI adoption is high (95.8% of surveyed university students use AI tools) through personal initiative but without institutional support. ^[1]

D14 Digital infrastructure support for schools and institutions 0 No digital infrastructure support programme; internet penetration severely limited by conflict, electricity outages, and infrastructure damage. ^[1]

Sources

1. Sentiment yemen ai higher education access 2026-03-21

Index history

May 10, 2026 0/28 Refresh pass: no verifiable new government AI education or governance policy found; conflict-affected context continues to impede policy development.

March 21, 2026 0/28 Initial scoring: no national AI policy, no curriculum, no governance body; conflict context precludes institutional AI literacy infrastructure.