School age population, tertiary education, both sexes in Cameroon
Cameroon: School age population, tertiary education, both sexes was 2.32 million number in 2018. ▲ Rising
School age population, tertiary education, both sexes in Cameroon, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, tertiary education, both sexes in Cameroon is 2.32 million number, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, tertiary education, both sexes in Cameroon peaked at 2.32 million number in 2018 and was at its lowest, 538,402 number, in 1970.
Cameroon ranks 49th of 203 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 608,449 number | 538,402 number | 681,027 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 822,546 number | 701,668 number | 958,496 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.17 million number | 993,532 number | 1.36 million number | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.67 million number | 1.41 million number | 1.92 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.15 million number | 1.97 million number | 2.32 million number | 9 |
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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)
- School enrollment, primary 114.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, tertiary education, both sexes in Cameroon?
- School age population, tertiary education, both sexes in Cameroon was 2.32 million number in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, tertiary education, both sexes recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 2.32 million number in 2018.
- What is the lowest school age population, tertiary education, both sexes recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 538,402 number in 1970.
- How does Cameroon rank for school age population, tertiary education, both sexes?
- Cameroon ranks 49th out of 203 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school age population, tertiary education, both sexes rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.8%. 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, tertiary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.