Education in Cameroon 140 indicators covering education for Cameroon. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 56.1% 2025 up 3.8% 198th Population ages 0-14 41.1% 2025 down 4.7% 16th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th School enrollment, primary 114.4% 2024 down 0.8% 24th Primary education, teachers 121,453 2024 up 29.6% 51st School enrollment, primary, female 109.5% 2024 up 1.3% 34th School enrollment, primary, male 119.2% 2024 down 2.6% 19th Labor force, total 11.47 million 2025 up 24.5% 51st Labor force, female 43.9% 2025 down 5.7% 107th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9012 GPI 2019 up 4.1% 189th School enrollment, secondary 44.8% 2023 down 18.3% 178th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 16.2 per 1,000 2024 down 8.5% 12th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 10.3 per 1,000 2024 down 14.9% 12th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 7.5 per 1,000 2024 down 17.6% 13th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 10.9 per 1,000 2024 down 25.3% 10th Secondary education, teachers 118,092 2023 up 27.5% 50th School enrollment, secondary, female 42.5% 2023 down 15.7% 180th School enrollment, secondary, male 47.2% 2023 down 20.5% 178th School enrollment, tertiary 16.7% 2024 down 0.6% 137th School enrollment, primary, private 25.3% 2024 up 12.4% 48th School enrollment, preprimary 35.6% 2019 up 49.4% 143rd School enrollment, tertiary, male 17.0% 2024 down 10.1% 133rd School enrollment, tertiary, female 16.4% 2024 up 11.8% 141st School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.1 GPI 2021 up 30.0% 31st School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.9648 GPI 2024 up 24.3% 148th Secondary education, teachers, female 48,324 2023 up 49.0% 65th Primary completion rate, female 72.4% 2024 up 3.3% 159th Primary completion rate, male 78.1% 2024 down 2.0% 146th Government expenditure on education, total 2.8% 2023 up 6.9% 156th Secondary education, general pupils 1.73 million 2016 up 198.0% 50th Lower secondary completion rate, total 35.0% 2023 down 19.4% 170th School enrollment, preprimary, female 36.0% 2019 up 48.8% 141st School enrollment, preprimary, male 35.2% 2019 up 50.0% 141st Persistence to last grade of primary, total 61.8% 2023 down 5.9% 158th Government expenditure on education, total 13.8% 2024 up 7.4% 79th Secondary education, general pupils 48.5% 2016 up 8.0% 161st Lower secondary completion rate, female 35.3% 2023 down 16.0% 170th Lower secondary completion rate, male 34.6% 2023 down 22.5% 168th Children out of school 3.8% 2024 down 27.2% 100th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 5.29 million 2024 up 27.7% 29th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Secondary education, pupils 2.01 million 2023 up 10.7% 52nd Persistence to last grade of primary, female 62.8% 2023 down 6.4% 143rd Persistence to last grade of primary, male 61.0% 2023 down 5.6% 142nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 477,192 2016 up 304.3% 27th Number of under-five deaths, male 33,678 2024 down 16.6% 20th Number of under-five deaths, female 27,830 2024 down 17.7% 19th Number of infant deaths, male 21,646 2024 down 14.0% 24th Number of infant deaths, female 16,905 2024 down 14.8% 24th Children out of school, female 12.3% 2019 down 17.3% 48th Children out of school, male 2.7% 2019 up 17.3% 122nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 36.6% 2016 down 6.5% 135th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 116.8% 2018 up 6.9% 25th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.2% 2025 up 3.6% 135th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.1% 2025 up 2.7% 121st Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.6% 2025 up 2.4% 126th Primary education, teachers 61.4% 2024 up 16.5% 149th Repeaters, primary, total 12.2% 2018 down 27.1% 24th Page 1 of 3 Next →