Education in Cameroon

2,984 indicators covering education for Cameroon.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 49.9% 2025 up 23.7% 129th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 51.3% 2025 up 30.8% 132nd
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.06 modelled data 2025 up 11.4% 57th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 48.4% 2025 up 17.0% 129th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 22.7% 2025 up 31.9% 136th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 23.4% 2025 up 47.5% 136th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.06 modelled data 2025 up 23.9% 84th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 22.0% 2025 up 18.6% 135th
Teachers in secondary education, male 69,768 2023 up 16.0% 38th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.1% 2025 up 2.7% 122nd
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.2% 2025 up 3.6% 136th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.6% 2025 up 2.4% 127th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 16.4% 2024 up 11.8% 142nd
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 17.0% 2024 down 10.1% 133rd
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.9648 GPIA 2024 up 24.3% 149th
Primary education, teachers 61.4% 2024 up 16.5% 149th
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 27,822 number 2019 up 115.6% 45th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 8.11 % change on previous year 2019 up 10.3% 28th
Repeaters, primary, total 12.2% 2018 down 27.1% 24th
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.8652 years 2024 up 18.2% 147th
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.9055 years 2024 down 4.0% 131st
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9555 GPIA 2024 up 23.1% 150th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 8.3% 2019 down 33.8% 54th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 10.95 years 2023 down 4.9% 145th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 75.3% 2024 up 0.5% 159th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 7,568 number 2018 up 97.4% 98th
Persistence to grade 5, total 74.5% 2023 down 6.0% 130th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 61.8% 2023 down 5.9% 159th
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 children who are not in pre-primary school 59.0% 2024 up 14.3% 22nd
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 0.7653 years 2024 up 11.5% 172nd
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 0.7486 years 2024 up 10.6% 173rd
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% 68th
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 97.9% 2024 up 1.2% 84th
Teachers in pre-primary education, male 691 2024 down 4.0% 62nd
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 31,821 2024 up 48.5% 41st
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 0.8811 GPI 2016 up 7.2% 157th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 2,055 2024 up 52.9% 105th
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 26.8% 2024 up 33.4% 142nd
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 5,615 2024 up 5.0% 94th
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
Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.902 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 5.3% 125th
Repeaters, primary, female 11.9% 2018 down 25.7% 23rd
Repeaters, primary, male 12.5% 2018 down 28.2% 26th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 10.36 years 2023 down 2.3% 145th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 11.52 years 2023 down 7.1% 137th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.8995 GPIA 2023 up 5.2% 160th
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 94.3% 2019 down 3.3% 125th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 78.1% 2024 down 2.0% 150th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 72.4% 2024 up 3.3% 163rd
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 0.9267 GPIA 2024 up 5.4% 176th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 26,227 number 2019 up 108.3% 40th
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 50.3% 2018 up 156.9% 56th