Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Cameroon
Cameroon: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 0.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.6%
Change on year
up 79.9%
World rank
99th
of 116 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2024
All-time low
0.4%
in 2023
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
The most recent figure for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Cameroon is 0.6%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 79.9% on the previous year and up 28.1% over ten years.
That places Cameroon 99th out of 116 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0.5% | — |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | -19.6% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | +79.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
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 percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Cameroon?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Cameroon was 0.6% 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 0.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2023.
- How does Cameroon rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Cameroon ranks 99th out of 116 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 28.1%. 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 Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics 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