Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary in Cameroon
Cameroon: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary was 41.4% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary in Cameroon, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary in Cameroon stood at 41.4%.
That represents a change of down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary in Cameroon peaked at 45.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5.4%, in 1960.
That places Cameroon 5th 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 20-24 with primary in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.4% | — |
| 1965 | 10.3% | +90.0% |
| 1970 | 11.4% | +11.4% |
| 1975 | 23.9% | +109.0% |
| 1980 | 33.2% | +39.1% |
| 1985 | 35.2% | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 39.6% | +12.3% |
| 1995 | 42.5% | +7.5% |
| 2000 | 45.8% | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 43.7% | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 41.4% | -5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.8% | 5.4% | 10.3% | 2 |
| 1970s | 17.7% | 11.4% | 23.9% | 2 |
| 1980s | 34.2% | 33.2% | 35.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 41.1% | 39.6% | 42.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 44.8% | 43.7% | 45.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 41.4% | 41.4% | 41.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 2 Papua New Guinea 57.8% compare
- 3 New Zealand 56.3% compare
- 4 Mauritania 56.0% compare
- 6 Rwanda 39.5% compare
- 7 Zambia 39.1% compare
- 8 Namibia 37.3% compare
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 20-24 with primary in Cameroon?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary in Cameroon was 41.4% 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 20-24 with primary recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 45.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.4% in 1960.
- How does Cameroon rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary?
- Cameroon ranks 5th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. 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 20-24 with primary schooling. Completed Primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 20-24 with primary schooling. Completed Primary