Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Cameroon
Cameroon: Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) was 72.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, female in Cameroon, 1973–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, primary completion rate, female in Cameroon stood at 72.4%. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, female in Cameroon peaked at 72.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 38.3%, in 1973.
That places Cameroon 159th out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 38.3% | — |
| 1974 | 38.7% | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 41.2% | +6.4% |
| 1976 | 43.4% | +5.2% |
| 1977 | 44.8% | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 54.7% | +22.1% |
| 1979 | 46.3% | -15.3% |
| 1980 | 45.5% | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 45.5% | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 44.9% | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 45.4% | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 47.2% | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 48.8% | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 49.2% | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 51.0% | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 49.8% | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 54.6% | +9.7% |
| 1991 | 51.4% | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 45.7% | -11.0% |
| 2000 | 47.7% | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 53.5% | +12.1% |
| 2004 | 54.8% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 48.1% | -12.3% |
| 2007 | 50.5% | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 66.1% | +30.9% |
| 2009 | 65.8% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 67.4% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 66.4% | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 70.6% | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 70.1% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 71.4% | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 70.1% | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 64.9% | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 61.4% | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 62.6% | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 65.8% | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 67.2% | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 69.3% | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 72.4% | +4.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Cameroon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +30.9% | 50.5% | 66.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 43.9% | 38.3% | 54.7% | 7 |
| 1980s | 47.5% | 44.9% | 51.0% | 9 |
| 1990s | 50.6% | 45.7% | 54.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 55.2% | 47.7% | 66.1% | 7 |
| 2010s | 67.2% | 61.4% | 71.4% | 9 |
| 2020s | 68.7% | 65.8% | 72.4% | 4 |
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 primary completion rate, female in Cameroon?
- Primary completion rate, female in Cameroon was 72.4% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, female recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 72.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.3% in 1973.
- How does Cameroon rank for primary completion rate, female?
- Cameroon ranks 159th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.