Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) in Cameroon
Cameroon: Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) was 51.3% in 2025. β² Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) in Cameroon, 1981β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) in Cameroon stood at 51.3%. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 30.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) in Cameroon peaked at 51.3% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 10.2%, in 1981.
That places Cameroon 132nd out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12.7% | 10.2% | 15.5% | 9 |
| 1990s | 18.0% | 16.0% | 19.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.9% | 20.3% | 30.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.3% | 31.7% | 44.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.5% | 45.6% | 51.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More education data for Cameroon
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 121,453 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 114.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) in Cameroon?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) in Cameroon was 51.3% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 51.3% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.2% in 1981.
- How does Cameroon rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data)?
- Cameroon ranks 132nd out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release