Education in Cameroon

140 indicators covering education for Cameroon.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 74.5% 2023 down 6.0% 130th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 8,919 2024 down 5.3% 13th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 5,356 2024 up 8.4% 15th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 6,516 2024 up 15.7% 22nd
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 8,594 2024 up 16.3% 22nd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 110.5% 2018 up 9.0% 35th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 122.9% 2018 up 5.2% 26th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 3.0% 2100 down 18.3% 20th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 1.84 million people 2100 down 18.1% 17th
Population by level of education 17.30 million people 2100 up 13.1% 41st
Repeaters, primary, female 11.9% 2018 down 25.7% 23rd
Repeaters, primary, male 12.5% 2018 down 28.2% 26th
School enrollment, secondary, private 30.6% 2023 up 13.6% 38th
School enrollment, primary 92.9% 2017 up 11.8% 104th
Trained teachers in primary education 72.3% 2023 down 8.2% 113th
Over-age students, primary 12.0% 2017 down 15.0% 53rd
Secondary education, teachers 40.9% 2023 up 16.8% 157th
School enrollment, primary, female 88.7% 2017 up 7.0% 102nd
School enrollment, primary, male 97.0% 2017 up 2.7% 33rd
Over-age students, primary, male 12.7% 2017 up 5.4% 56th
Over-age students, primary, female 11.2% 2017 up 2.8% 52nd
Compulsory education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 177th
Progression to secondary school 66.5% 2015 up 48.0% 159th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 92.9% 2017 up 10.0% 120th
Trained teachers in primary education, female 75.9% 2023 down 3.2% 103rd
Trained teachers in primary education, male 66.9% 2023 down 15.4% 106th
Primary education, pupils 47.0% 2018 up 2.5% 181st
Tertiary education, academic staff 26.8% 2024 up 33.4% 140th
Persistence to grade 5, female 75.3% 2023 down 6.6% 117th
Persistence to grade 5, male 73.8% 2023 down 5.4% 116th
School enrollment, secondary 46.0% 2016 129th
Preprimary education, duration 2 years 2025 unchanged 166th
Progression to secondary school, male 64.0% 2015 up 43.1% 152nd
School enrollment, secondary, female 43.0% 2016 128th
School enrollment, secondary, male 48.9% 2016 124th
Progression to secondary school, female 69.4% 2015 up 53.4% 146th
Expenditure on tertiary education 10.2% 2013 down 1.5% 138th
Literacy rate, youth female 76.4% 2018 down 1.4% 88th
Children out of school, primary 173,924 2024 down 6.4% 42nd
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 88.7% 2017 up 7.0% 117th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 97.0% 2017 up 2.7% 56th
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 0.87 GPI 2018 unchanged 84th
Literacy rate, youth male 87.6% 2018 down 2.0% 76th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 44.83 2018 down 2.6% 12th
Literacy rate, youth total 81.9% 2018 down 1.5% 78th
Expenditure on secondary education 52.6% 2012 up 1.1% 6th
Expenditure on primary education 33.9% 2013 down 3.4% 65th
Secondary education, pupils 45.9% 2016 up 4.5% 177th
Children out of school, primary, female 251,398 2019 up 4.4% 24th
Children out of school, primary, male 55,869 2019 up 48.6% 64th
Literacy rate, adult total 72.5% 2018 up 2.6% 67th
Literacy rate, adult male 79.7% 2018 up 1.0% 70th
Trained teachers in preprimary education 69.0% 2023 up 20.7% 81st
Adolescents out of school 47.1% 2023 up 29.6% 13th
Current education expenditure, total 86.4% 2013 up 1.7% 100th
Current education expenditure, primary 88.6% 2013 up 13.0% 101st
Current education expenditure, secondary 97.1% 2012 33rd
Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 69.2% 2023 up 20.9% 79th
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 19.26 2016 up 19.1% 55th
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 20.26 2018 down 7.0% 62nd