School enrollment, primary, female in Cameroon
Cameroon: School enrollment, primary, female was 88.7% in 2017. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, primary, female in Cameroon, 1971–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % net.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 88.7% for school enrollment, primary, female in 2017.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, primary, female in Cameroon peaked at 90.3% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 53.9%, in 1974.
Cameroon ranks 102nd of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 58.7% | 53.9% | 63.0% | 9 |
| 1980s | 66.1% | 63.4% | 68.9% | 2 |
| 1990s | 67.3% | 66.5% | 68.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 87.3% | 82.9% | 90.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More education data for Cameroon
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.1% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 114.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 121,453 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 109.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 119.2% (2024)
- Labor force, total 11.47 million (2025)
- Labor force, female 43.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, primary, female in Cameroon?
- School enrollment, primary, female in Cameroon was 88.7% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 90.3% in 2016.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.9% in 1974.
- How does Cameroon rank for school enrollment, primary, female?
- Cameroon ranks 102nd out of 167 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school enrollment, primary, female rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, primary, female (% net). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.