Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Cameroon
Cameroon: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 1.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.4%
Change on year
up 10.2%
World rank
84th
of 121 countries
All-time high
1.4%
in 2024
All-time low
1.2%
in 2019
Years of data
6
2019–2024
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Cameroon, 2019–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Cameroon stood at 1.4%. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.2% on the previous year and up 22.0% over ten years.
Cameroon ranks 84th of 121 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.2% | — |
| 2020 | 1.2% | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 1.4% | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 1.3% | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 1.4% | +10.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More education data for Cameroon
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Cameroon?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Cameroon was 1.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2019.
- How does Cameroon rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Cameroon ranks 84th out of 121 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.0%. 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 Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Education programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release