School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Cameroon
Cameroon: School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index was 0.9648 GPI in 2024. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Cameroon, 1971–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.9648 GPI for school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.4% on the previous year and up 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Cameroon peaked at 0.9648 GPI in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0829 GPI, in 1971.
That places Cameroon 148th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1182 GPI | 0.0829 GPI | 0.1563 GPI | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.7056 GPI | 0.6354 GPI | 0.791 GPI | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.8095 GPI | 0.7326 GPI | 0.8806 GPI | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8377 GPI | 0.793 GPI | 0.9648 GPI | 5 |
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More education data for Cameroon
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.1% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (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, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Cameroon?
- School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index in Cameroon was 0.9648 GPI in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9648 GPI in 2024.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0829 GPI in 1971.
- How does Cameroon rank for school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index?
- Cameroon ranks 148th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in tertiary education is the ratio of women to men enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.