Which has higher progression to secondary school, Cameroon or Suriname?

Cameroon, at 66.5% against 66.4% in Suriname as of 2015.

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

14 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2015.

Where does this data come from?

Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Progression to secondary school (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cameroon vs Suriname: Progression to secondary school

Cameroon

66.5%

in 2015

Suriname

66.4%

in 2017

Cameroon rank

160th

Suriname rank

161st

Progression to secondary school over time

Cameroon
Suriname

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 66.5% against 66.4% in Suriname, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Suriname ahead.

Cameroon ranks 160th and Suriname ranks 161st of 168 countries.

Suriname has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Suriname	Difference	Ahead
1970s	32.1%	87.7%	55.6%	Suriname
1980s	39.3%	41.1%	1.9%	Suriname
2000s	51.9%	59.8%	7.8%	Suriname
2010s	65.1%	70.2%	5.1%	Suriname

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher progression to secondary school, Cameroon or Suriname?: Cameroon, at 66.5% against 66.4% in Suriname as of 2015.
What is the difference in progression to secondary school between Cameroon and Suriname?: 0.1%, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Suriname?: 14 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2015.
How do Cameroon and Suriname rank globally for progression to secondary school?: Cameroon ranks 160th and Suriname ranks 161st of 168 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Progression to secondary school (%). 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 Suriname: Progression to secondary school. Statizoid, drawing on Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/progression-to-secondary-school-percent/cameroon/suriname/

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/progression-to-secondary-school-percent/cameroon/suriname/">Cameroon vs Suriname: Progression to secondary school</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Progression to secondary school (%)
Unit: %
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 209 places, 4,983 data points, 1970–2018
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).