Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Cameroon
Cameroon: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education was 20.7% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ 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 population age 15+ with no education in Cameroon stood at 20.7%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Cameroon peaked at 79.3% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 20.7%, in 2010.
That places Cameroon 40th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it 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 population age 15+ with no education in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 79.3% | — |
| 1965 | 73.8% | -7.0% |
| 1970 | 67.5% | -8.6% |
| 1975 | 58.6% | -13.1% |
| 1980 | 50.6% | -13.7% |
| 1985 | 42.6% | -15.8% |
| 1990 | 34.8% | -18.3% |
| 1995 | 28.0% | -19.6% |
| 2000 | 23.7% | -15.3% |
| 2005 | 22.3% | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 20.7% | -7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 76.6% | 73.8% | 79.3% | 2 |
| 1970s | 63.0% | 58.6% | 67.5% | 2 |
| 1980s | 46.6% | 42.6% | 50.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 31.4% | 28.0% | 34.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 23.0% | 22.3% | 23.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 20.7% | 20.7% | 20.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More education data for Cameroon
- 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Cameroon?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Cameroon was 20.7% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 79.3% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.7% in 2010.
- How does Cameroon rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education?
- Cameroon ranks 40th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.6%. 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 population age 15+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 15+ with no education