Algeria vs Cameroon: Share of population with no formal education
Algeria
10.4%
in 2020
Cameroon
12.3%
in 2020
Algeria rank
29th
Cameroon rank
27th
Share of population with no formal education over time
- Algeria
- Cameroon
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 12.3% against 10.4% in Algeria, a difference of 1.9%.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.2 times Algeria's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Cameroon ahead.
Algeria ranks 29th and Cameroon ranks 27th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 5 and Cameroon in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Cameroon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 97.2% | 99.8% | 2.7% | Cameroon |
| 1880s | 95.5% | 99.8% | 4.2% | Cameroon |
| 1890s | 93.8% | 99.4% | 5.6% | Cameroon |
| 1900s | 88.3% | 98.7% | 10.3% | Cameroon |
| 1910s | 84.8% | 98.2% | 13.4% | Cameroon |
| 1920s | 82.8% | 96.7% | 13.9% | Cameroon |
| 1930s | 81.5% | 94.5% | 13.0% | Cameroon |
| 1940s | 80.9% | 90.9% | 10.0% | Cameroon |
| 1950s | 81.3% | 84.2% | 2.9% | Cameroon |
| 1960s | 81.3% | 75.7% | 5.6% | Algeria |
| 1970s | 67.0% | 61.2% | 5.8% | Algeria |
| 1980s | 47.8% | 43.8% | 4.0% | Algeria |
| 1990s | 32.3% | 27.9% | 4.3% | Algeria |
| 2000s | 22.1% | 19.5% | 2.6% | Algeria |
| 2010s | 15.3% | 15.6% | 0.2% | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 10.4% | 12.3% | 1.9% | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population with no formal education, Algeria or Cameroon?
- Cameroon, at 12.3% against 10.4% in Algeria as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of population with no formal education between Algeria and Cameroon?
- 1.9%, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Cameroon?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Algeria and Cameroon rank globally for share of population with no formal education?
- Algeria ranks 29th and Cameroon ranks 27th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population with no formal education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The share of adults aged between 15 and 64 years old with no formal education.