Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Cameroon
Cameroon: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female was 5.74 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Cameroon, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Cameroon stood at 5.74. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Cameroon peaked at 5.74 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.04, in 1960.
That places Cameroon 122nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.04 | — |
| 1965 | 1.57 | +51.0% |
| 1970 | 2.55 | +62.4% |
| 1975 | 3.52 | +38.0% |
| 1980 | 3.96 | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 4.65 | +17.4% |
| 1990 | 5.26 | +13.1% |
| 1995 | 5.49 | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 5.37 | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 5.1 | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 5.74 | +12.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.31 | 1.04 | 1.57 | 2 |
| 1970s | 3.04 | 2.55 | 3.52 | 2 |
| 1980s | 4.3 | 3.96 | 4.65 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.38 | 5.26 | 5.49 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.23 | 5.1 | 5.37 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.74 | 5.74 | 5.74 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More education data for Cameroon
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 5.29 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1816 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.29 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.1816 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.51 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Cameroon?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Cameroon was 5.74 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 5.74 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.04 in 1960.
- How does Cameroon rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female?
- Cameroon ranks 122nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. 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 total schooling, age 15-19, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 15-19, female is the average years of education completed among females age 15-19.