Primary completion rate, female in Cameroon
Cameroon: Primary completion rate, female 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 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% |
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 |
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More education data for Cameroon
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 114.41 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 114.4% (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.