School age population, primary education, female in Cameroon
Cameroon: School age population, primary education, female was 2.11 million number in 2020. ▲ Rising
School age population, primary education, female in Cameroon, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2020, school age population, primary education, female in Cameroon stood at 2.11 million number. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 30.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, primary education, female in Cameroon peaked at 2.11 million number in 2020 and was at its lowest, 483,689 number, in 1970.
That places Cameroon 34th out of 206 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 566,288 number | 483,689 number | 658,810 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 803,235 number | 681,730 number | 942,631 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.14 million number | 979,203 number | 1.28 million number | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.42 million number | 1.30 million number | 1.57 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.84 million number | 1.61 million number | 2.06 million number | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.11 million number | 2.11 million number | 2.11 million number | 1 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More education data for Cameroon
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 114.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 121,453 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 4.26 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 109.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, primary education, female in Cameroon?
- School age population, primary education, female in Cameroon was 2.11 million number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, primary education, female recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 2.11 million number in 2020.
- What is the lowest school age population, primary education, female recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 483,689 number in 1970.
- How does Cameroon rank for school age population, primary education, female?
- Cameroon ranks 34th out of 206 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, primary education, female rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.8%. 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 School age population, primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.