Cameroon vs Sierra Leone: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female
Cameroon
83.4%
in 2016
Sierra Leone
83.7%
in 2017
Cameroon rank
146th
Sierra Leone rank
144th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female over time
- Cameroon
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 83.7% against 83.4% in Cameroon, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 146th and Sierra Leone ranks 144th of 193 countries.
Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 46.2% | 19.0% | 27.2% | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 57.1% | 30.3% | 26.9% | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 57.9% | 25.9% | 32.0% | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 61.6% | 42.2% | 19.4% | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 78.7% | 78.4% | 0.3% | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female, Cameroon or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 83.7% against 83.4% in Cameroon as of 2017.
- What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female between Cameroon and Sierra Leone?
- 0.3%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Sierra Leone?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2016.
- How do Cameroon and Sierra Leone rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female?
- Cameroon ranks 146th and Sierra Leone ranks 144th of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total female enrollment in primary and secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total female population of official primary and secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.