Education in Cameroon

2,984 indicators covering education for Cameroon.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 27.7% 2024 up 66.2% 31st
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 10.6% 2024 up 4.5% 87th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 4.6% 2024 down 42.4% 96th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania: Students from 0 2023 — 5th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.9% 2024 down 65.3% 81st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 0 2023 — 7th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.8% 2024 down 66.0% 69th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 0 2023 — 9th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.6% 2024 up 29.3% 42nd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 5.6% 2024 up 225.5% 39th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 12.1% 2024 up 25.6% 6th
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 0.8316 GPIA 2018 up 3.7% 113th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 5.8% 2024 up 141.5% 22nd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 0 2023 — 12th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 5.3% 2024 up 68.4% 65th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.4% 2024 up 22.0% 84th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 1.2% 2024 down 19.8% 67th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.3% 2024 down 3.3% 47th
Initial government funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP 5.1% 2012 down 4.6% 124th
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender 1.38 GPIA 2016 up 84.9% 28th
Net flow of internationally mobile students (inbound - outbound) -14,190 2023 up 0.7% 119th
Government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage 0.3% 2012 — 103rd
Adjusted gender parity index for completion rate, by location, wealth 0.8216 2018 up 3.9% 91st
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 31.8% 2024 up 126.1% 35th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 26.5% 2024 up 137.6% 57th
Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 81.0% 2024 down 0.4% 101st
Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 62.5% 2024 up 13.1% 72nd
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 37.0% 2024 down 17.2% 49th
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 18.5% 2024 down 1.3% 21st
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.2% 2024 down 3.3% 28th
Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 1.2% 2024 down 6.9% 66th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 12.5% 2024 down 48.4% 33rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 9.5% 2024 down 27.8% 24th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 9.5% 2024 up 8.0% 9th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 14.7% 2024 down 15.7% 3rd
Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in tertiary public 63.2% 2013 down 17.3% 96th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 3.6% 2024 down 5.8% 39th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 7.0% 2024 down 33.3% 83rd
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 0.5% 2024 up 19.3% 31st
Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary 88.6% 2013 up 13.0% 101st
Initial government funding per primary student, constant PPP$ 247.75 2012 down 0.5% 112th
Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education, both 0 2023 — 7th
Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education 0 2023 — 7th
Repeaters in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 24,445 2023 down 48.2% 14th
Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary 97.1% 2012 — 34th
Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in public 86.4% 2013 up 1.7% 102nd
Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary 2.9% 2012 — 96th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Latin America and the 0 2023 down 100.0% 97th
Government expenditure on lower secondary education as a percentage 1.0% 2013 up 2.7% 39th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 0 2023 — 45th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.2% 2024 down 14.9% 80th
Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education, male 0 2023 — 7th
Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in public 13.6% 2013 down 9.8% 24th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.6% 2024 up 28.1% 99th
Gross graduation ratio, primary, total 40.1% 2018 down 28.3% 107th
Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education 26.9% 2016 down 48.2% 106th
Initial government funding per tertiary student as a percentage of 18.0% 2013 down 68.6% 90th
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 24.6% 2023 — 106th
Female share of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 24.6% 2023 — 106th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.5% 2024 up 2.2% 88th