Cameroon vs Eritrea: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school

Cameroon
59.0%
in 2024
Eritrea
62.2%
in 2022
Cameroon rank
22nd
Eritrea rank
19th

Share of children who are not in pre-primary school over time

  • Cameroon
  • Eritrea
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How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 62.2% against 59.0% in Cameroon, a difference of 3.2%.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Eritrea ahead.

Cameroon ranks 22nd and Eritrea ranks 19th of 179 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
179 places, 2,923 data points, 1998–2025
Last refreshed

Children one year before the official primary entry age (typically age 5) not enrolled in pre-primary education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.