Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Cameroon
Cameroon: Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.8867 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Cameroon, 1971–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.8867 GPI for gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2016. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Cameroon peaked at 0.8867 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.7073 GPI, in 1971.
Cameroon ranks 153rd of 173 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.7073 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.7271 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 0.7343 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 0.7446 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.7472 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8423 GPI | +12.7% |
| 2004 | 0.8318 GPI | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.8208 GPI | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.8234 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.8351 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.8408 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.8526 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.8542 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8657 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.8733 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.8803 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8867 GPI | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7321 GPI | 0.7073 GPI | 0.7472 GPI | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.8353 GPI | 0.8208 GPI | 0.8526 GPI | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.872 GPI | 0.8542 GPI | 0.8867 GPI | 5 |
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More education data for Cameroon
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.01 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.21 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 121,453 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 948,662 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.06 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.2 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 644,367 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.64 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Cameroon?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Cameroon was 0.8867 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8867 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7073 GPI in 1971.
- How does Cameroon rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Cameroon ranks 153rd out of 173 countries with data for 2016.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. 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 Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female gross enrolment ratio for primary to tertiary to the male value for the same indicator. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.