Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) in Cameroon
Cameroon: Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) was 22.7% in 2025. β² Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) in Cameroon, 1981β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 22.7% for completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) in Cameroon peaked at 22.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 6.4%, in 1981.
Cameroon ranks 136th of 164 countries on this measure, 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 | 7.5% | 6.4% | 8.6% | 9 |
| 1990s | 8.7% | 8.6% | 9.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.0% | 9.2% | 13.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.9% | 14.3% | 19.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.5% | 20.2% | 22.7% | 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, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) in Cameroon?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) in Cameroon was 22.7% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 22.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.4% in 1981.
- How does Cameroon rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data)?
- Cameroon ranks 136th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.9%. 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, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release