Cameroon vs China: Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male

Cameroon
94.1%
in 2016
China
93.9%
in 2019
Cameroon rank
115th
China rank
118th

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male over time

  • Cameroon
  • China
0255075100197119952019

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 94.1% against 93.9% in China, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 29 shared years of data; in 1976 it was China ahead.

Cameroon ranks 115th and China ranks 118th of 193 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon China Difference Ahead
1970s 63.8% 95.3% 31.6% China
1980s 69.4% 77.7% 8.3% China
1990s 64.2% 82.3% 18.1% China
2000s 74.1% 88.0% 13.9% China
2010s 90.3% 91.4% 1.1% China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male, Cameroon or China?
Cameroon, at 94.1% against 93.9% in China as of 2016.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male between Cameroon and China?
0.2%, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and China?
29 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2016.
How do Cameroon and China rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male?
Cameroon ranks 115th and China ranks 118th of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,794 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total male enrollment in primary and secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total male 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.