Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Cameroon
Cameroon: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total was 4.26 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Cameroon, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Cameroon stood at 4.26. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Cameroon peaked at 4.26 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.91, in 1960.
That places Cameroon 97th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.91 | — |
| 1965 | 1.17 | +28.6% |
| 1970 | 1.49 | +27.4% |
| 1975 | 1.94 | +30.2% |
| 1980 | 2.38 | +22.7% |
| 1985 | 2.83 | +18.9% |
| 1990 | 3.28 | +15.9% |
| 1995 | 3.69 | +12.5% |
| 2000 | 3.97 | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 4.11 | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 4.26 | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.04 | 0.91 | 1.17 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.71 | 1.49 | 1.94 | 2 |
| 1980s | 2.6 | 2.38 | 2.83 | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.48 | 3.28 | 3.69 | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.04 | 3.97 | 4.11 | 2 |
| 2010s | 4.26 | 4.26 | 4.26 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More education data for Cameroon
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 121,453 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 114.41 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 114.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Cameroon?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Cameroon was 4.26 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 4.26 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.91 in 1960.
- How does Cameroon rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total?
- Cameroon ranks 97th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15+, total is the average years of primary education completed among people over age 15.