School age population, tertiary education, female in Cameroon
Cameroon: School age population, tertiary education, female was 1.16 million number in 2018. ▲ Rising
School age population, tertiary education, female in Cameroon, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2018, school age population, tertiary education, female in Cameroon stood at 1.16 million number. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, tertiary education, female in Cameroon peaked at 1.16 million number in 2018 and was at its lowest, 270,633 number, in 1970.
Cameroon ranks 48th 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 | 304,645 number | 270,633 number | 340,414 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 410,834 number | 350,696 number | 478,635 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 583,241 number | 496,153 number | 679,284 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 834,509 number | 705,558 number | 959,380 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.07 million number | 984,401 number | 1.16 million number | 9 |
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, tertiary education, female in Cameroon?
- School age population, tertiary education, female in Cameroon was 1.16 million number in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, tertiary education, female recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.16 million number in 2018.
- What is the lowest school age population, tertiary education, female recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 270,633 number in 1970.
- How does Cameroon rank for school age population, tertiary education, female?
- Cameroon ranks 48th out of 203 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school age population, tertiary education, female 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, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.