Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Cameroon
Cameroon: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education was 25.9% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Cameroon, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Cameroon is 25.9%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Cameroon peaked at 91.0% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 25.9%, in 2010.
Cameroon ranks 37th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 91.0% | — |
| 1965 | 86.4% | -5.1% |
| 1970 | 80.8% | -6.5% |
| 1975 | 71.4% | -11.7% |
| 1980 | 62.4% | -12.5% |
| 1985 | 53.2% | -14.7% |
| 1990 | 44.3% | -16.8% |
| 1995 | 36.3% | -18.0% |
| 2000 | 30.9% | -15.0% |
| 2005 | 28.2% | -8.7% |
| 2010 | 25.9% | -8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 88.7% | 86.4% | 91.0% | 2 |
| 1970s | 76.1% | 71.4% | 80.8% | 2 |
| 1980s | 57.8% | 53.2% | 62.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 40.3% | 36.3% | 44.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 29.5% | 28.2% | 30.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 25.9% | 25.9% | 25.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More education data for Cameroon
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 118,092 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 611,326 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 321,494 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 322,873 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.01 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Cameroon?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Cameroon was 25.9% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 91.0% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.9% in 2010.
- How does Cameroon rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education?
- Cameroon ranks 37th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education