What is the difference in enrolment in primary education, female between Cameroon and France?

30,410 number, with France ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and France?

45 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cameroon vs France: Enrolment in primary education, female

Cameroon

2.07 million number

in 2019

France

2.10 million number

in 2018

Cameroon rank

39th

France rank

37th

Enrolment in primary education, female over time

Cameroon
France

How they compare

France currently reports 2.10 million number against 2.07 million number in Cameroon, a difference of 30,410 number.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1971 it was France ahead.

Cameroon ranks 39th and France ranks 37th of 203 countries.

France has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	France	Difference	Ahead
1970s	473,255 number	2.32 million number	1.84 million number	France
1980s	738,019 number	2.09 million number	1.35 million number	France
1990s	897,331 number	1.97 million number	1.07 million number	France
2000s	1.33 million number	1.92 million number	589,332 number	France
2010s	1.90 million number	2.06 million number	162,540 number	France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in primary education, female, Cameroon or France?: France, at 2.10 million number against 2.07 million number in Cameroon as of 2018.
What is the difference in enrolment in primary education, female between Cameroon and France?: 30,410 number, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and France?: 45 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Cameroon and France rank globally for enrolment in primary education, female?: Cameroon ranks 39th and France ranks 37th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in primary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Cameroon vs France: Enrolment in primary education, female. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 29 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/enrolment-in-primary-education-female-number/cameroon/france/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/enrolment-in-primary-education-female-number/cameroon/france/">Cameroon vs France: Enrolment in primary education, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Enrolment in primary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 9,587 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Total number of female students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions regardless of age.