Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology … Science adjusted in Cameroon
Cameroon: Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology … Science adjusted was 0.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
0.5%
Change on year
up 47.6%
World rank
31st
of 120 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2024
All-time low
0.3%
in 2023
Years of data
6
2019–2024
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and in Cameroon, 2019–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.5% for percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in 2024. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 47.6% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Cameroon ranks 31st of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology … Science adjusted in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0.4% | — |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | -15.3% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | +47.6% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.5% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5%, 100% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.5% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5%, 100% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More education data for Cameroon
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 87.75 (2019)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 96.24 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Cameroon?
- Percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Cameroon was 0.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2023.
- How does Cameroon rank for percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and?
- Cameroon ranks 31st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics programmes in tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release