Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Cameroon
Cameroon: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary was 48.1% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Cameroon, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Cameroon stood at 48.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Cameroon peaked at 49.5% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 7.3%, in 1960.
That places Cameroon 15th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 7.3% | — |
| 1965 | 11.3% | +55.7% |
| 1970 | 16.3% | +43.8% |
| 1975 | 23.6% | +45.1% |
| 1980 | 30.0% | +27.1% |
| 1985 | 36.2% | +20.5% |
| 1990 | 41.7% | +15.2% |
| 1995 | 46.6% | +11.7% |
| 2000 | 49.4% | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 49.5% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 48.1% | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.3% | 7.3% | 11.3% | 2 |
| 1970s | 20.0% | 16.3% | 23.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 33.1% | 30.0% | 36.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 44.2% | 41.7% | 46.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 49.4% | 49.4% | 49.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 48.1% | 48.1% | 48.1% | 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 primary in Cameroon?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Cameroon was 48.1% 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 primary recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 49.5% in 2005.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.3% in 1960.
- How does Cameroon rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary?
- Cameroon ranks 15th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. 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: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)