Benin vs Cameroon: Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education

Benin

87.6%

in 2022

Cameroon

87.7%

in 2019

Benin rank

140th

Cameroon rank

139th

Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education over time

Cameroon currently reports 87.7% against 87.6% in Benin, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Cameroon ahead.

Benin ranks 140th and Cameroon ranks 139th of 190 countries.

Indicator: Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 190 places, 7,246 data points, 1820–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The share of girls of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.