Cameroon vs Haiti: Share of population with no formal education
Cameroon
12.3%
in 2020
Haiti
14.8%
in 2020
Cameroon rank
27th
Haiti rank
24th
Share of population with no formal education over time
- Cameroon
- Haiti
How they compare
Haiti currently reports 14.8% against 12.3% in Cameroon, a difference of 2.5%.
That makes Haiti's figure about 1.2 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Haiti ahead.
Cameroon ranks 27th and Haiti ranks 24th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 5 and Haiti in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Haiti | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 99.8% | 100.0% | 0.2% | Haiti |
| 1880s | 99.8% | 100.0% | 0.2% | Haiti |
| 1890s | 99.4% | 100.0% | 0.6% | Haiti |
| 1900s | 98.7% | 97.1% | 1.6% | Cameroon |
| 1910s | 98.2% | 95.8% | 2.4% | Cameroon |
| 1920s | 96.7% | 94.5% | 2.2% | Cameroon |
| 1930s | 94.5% | 92.3% | 2.1% | Cameroon |
| 1940s | 90.9% | 89.5% | 1.4% | Cameroon |
| 1950s | 84.2% | 88.7% | 4.5% | Haiti |
| 1960s | 75.7% | 83.1% | 7.4% | Haiti |
| 1970s | 61.2% | 75.2% | 14.0% | Haiti |
| 1980s | 43.8% | 56.3% | 12.6% | Haiti |
| 1990s | 27.9% | 39.0% | 11.0% | Haiti |
| 2000s | 19.5% | 30.8% | 11.2% | Haiti |
| 2010s | 15.6% | 20.9% | 5.3% | Haiti |
| 2020s | 12.3% | 14.8% | 2.5% | Haiti |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population with no formal education, Cameroon or Haiti?
- Haiti, at 14.8% against 12.3% in Cameroon as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of population with no formal education between Cameroon and Haiti?
- 2.5%, with Haiti ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Haiti?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Cameroon and Haiti rank globally for share of population with no formal education?
- Cameroon ranks 27th and Haiti ranks 24th 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.