Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education in Cameroon
Cameroon: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education was 21.5% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education 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 45-49 with no education in Cameroon stood at 21.5%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 47.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education in Cameroon peaked at 95.5% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 21.5%, in 2010.
Cameroon ranks 50th 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 45-49 with no education in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 95.5% | — |
| 1965 | 95.5% | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 92.7% | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 92.6% | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 85.6% | -7.6% |
| 1985 | 85.6% | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 72.4% | -15.4% |
| 1995 | 72.4% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 41.0% | -43.4% |
| 2005 | 24.6% | -40.1% |
| 2010 | 21.5% | -12.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 95.5% | 95.5% | 95.5% | 2 |
| 1970s | 92.6% | 92.6% | 92.7% | 2 |
| 1980s | 85.6% | 85.6% | 85.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 72.4% | 72.4% | 72.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 32.8% | 24.6% | 41.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 21.5% | 21.5% | 21.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 47 Botswana 24.2% compare
- 48 Congo 23.4% compare
- 49 Iran, Islamic Republic of 23.0% compare
- 51 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 20.4% compare
- 52 Brunei Darussalam 20.1% compare
- 53 Namibia 19.5% 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 45-49 with no education in Cameroon?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education in Cameroon was 21.5% 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 45-49 with no education recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 95.5% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.5% in 2010.
- How does Cameroon rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education?
- Cameroon ranks 50th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.6%. 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 45-49 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education