What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, both sexes between Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?

14,240 number, with Côte d'Ivoire ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?

48 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.

Where does this data come from?

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

Cameroon vs Côte d'Ivoire: School age population, tertiary education, both sexes

Cameroon

2.32 million number

in 2018

Côte d'Ivoire

2.33 million number

in 2017

Cameroon rank

49th

Côte d'Ivoire rank

47th

School age population, tertiary education, both sexes over time

Cameroon
Côte d'Ivoire

How they compare

Côte d'Ivoire currently reports 2.33 million number against 2.32 million number in Cameroon, a difference of 14,240 number.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 49th and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 47th of 203 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 4 and Côte d'Ivoire in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Côte d'Ivoire	Difference	Ahead
1970s	608,449 number	499,934 number	108,516 number	Cameroon
1980s	822,546 number	792,130 number	30,415 number	Cameroon
1990s	1.17 million number	1.20 million number	30,761 number	Côte d'Ivoire
2000s	1.67 million number	1.66 million number	12,720 number	Cameroon
2010s	2.13 million number	2.10 million number	29,856 number	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school age population, tertiary education, both sexes, Cameroon or Côte d'Ivoire?: Côte d'Ivoire, at 2.33 million number against 2.32 million number in Cameroon as of 2017.
What is the difference in school age population, tertiary education, both sexes between Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?: 14,240 number, with Côte d'Ivoire ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.
How do Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire rank globally for school age population, tertiary education, both sexes?: Cameroon ranks 49th and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 47th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School age population, tertiary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: School age population, tertiary education, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 248 places, 11,591 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.