Primary completion rate, male in Cameroon
Cameroon: Primary completion rate, male was 78.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, male in Cameroon, 1973–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary completion rate, male in Cameroon is 78.1%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, male in Cameroon peaked at 82.0% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 54.8%, in 1999.
Cameroon ranks 146th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, male in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 57.3% | — |
| 1974 | 56.8% | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 59.5% | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 61.2% | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 61.4% | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 72.8% | +18.6% |
| 1979 | 60.9% | -16.4% |
| 1980 | 57.8% | -5.1% |
| 1981 | 57.0% | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 55.2% | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 54.9% | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 56.9% | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 58.4% | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 58.7% | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 60.4% | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 60.9% | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 59.0% | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 59.8% | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 54.8% | -8.4% |
| 2000 | 55.2% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 63.0% | +14.1% |
| 2004 | 66.0% | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 57.0% | -13.6% |
| 2007 | 61.3% | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 78.9% | +28.7% |
| 2009 | 78.5% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 79.7% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 78.1% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 82.0% | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 79.7% | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 80.0% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 78.6% | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 72.5% | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 68.5% | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 69.5% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 73.1% | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 73.7% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 75.1% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 78.1% | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 61.4% | 56.8% | 72.8% | 7 |
| 1980s | 57.8% | 54.9% | 60.9% | 9 |
| 1990s | 57.8% | 54.8% | 59.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 65.7% | 55.2% | 78.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 76.5% | 68.5% | 82.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 75.0% | 73.1% | 78.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 143 Côte d'Ivoire 79.7% compare
- 144 Bhutan 79.0% compare
- 145 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 78.5% compare
- 147 Mozambique 76.2% compare
- 148 Luxembourg 75.8% compare
- 149 Gambia 75.4% compare
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 primary completion rate, male in Cameroon?
- Primary completion rate, male in Cameroon was 78.1% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, male recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 82.0% in 2012.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, male recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.8% in 1999.
- How does Cameroon rank for primary completion rate, male?
- Cameroon ranks 146th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, male rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. 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, male (% 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.