What is the difference in school age population, primary education, male between Cameroon and Ghana?

118,490 number, with Ghana ahead.

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

51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2020.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, primary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cameroon vs Ghana: School age population, primary education, male

Cameroon

2.14 million number

in 2020

Ghana

2.26 million number

in 2020

Cameroon rank

34th

Ghana rank

31st

School age population, primary education, male over time

Cameroon
Ghana

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 2.26 million number against 2.14 million number in Cameroon, a difference of 118,490 number.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

Across all 51 years both countries report, Ghana has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 34th and Ghana ranks 31st of 206 countries.

Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Ghana	Difference	Ahead
1970s	569,518 number	864,353 number	294,835 number	Ghana
1980s	809,305 number	1.08 million number	267,486 number	Ghana
1990s	1.15 million number	1.38 million number	230,644 number	Ghana
2000s	1.44 million number	1.71 million number	272,854 number	Ghana
2010s	1.87 million number	2.04 million number	170,200 number	Ghana
2020s	2.14 million number	2.26 million number	118,490 number	Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, primary education, male, Cameroon or Ghana?: Ghana, at 2.26 million number against 2.14 million number in Cameroon as of 2020.
What is the difference in school age population, primary education, male between Cameroon and Ghana?: 118,490 number, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Ghana?: 51 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2020.
How do Cameroon and Ghana rank globally for school age population, primary education, male?: Cameroon ranks 34th and Ghana ranks 31st of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, primary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: School age population, primary education, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 251 places, 12,277 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.