School age population, tertiary education, male in Cameroon
Cameroon: School age population, tertiary education, male was 1.16 million number in 2018. ▲ Rising
School age population, tertiary education, male in Cameroon, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, tertiary education, male in Cameroon is 1.16 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, male in Cameroon peaked at 1.16 million number in 2018 and was at its lowest, 267,769 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 | 303,805 number | 267,769 number | 340,613 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 411,712 number | 350,972 number | 479,861 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 584,968 number | 497,379 number | 682,114 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 839,398 number | 708,729 number | 965,373 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.08 million number | 990,418 number | 1.16 million number | 9 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 46 Peru 1.22 million number compare
- 47 Saudi Arabia 1.21 million number compare
- 48 Canada 1.19 million number compare
- 50 Côte d'Ivoire 1.16 million number compare
- 51 Spain 1.15 million number compare
- 52 Poland, Republic of 1.11 million number compare
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, male in Cameroon?
- School age population, tertiary education, male in Cameroon was 1.16 million number in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, tertiary education, male recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.16 million number in 2018.
- What is the lowest school age population, tertiary education, male recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 267,769 number in 1970.
- How does Cameroon rank for school age population, tertiary education, male?
- Cameroon ranks 49th out of 203 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school age population, tertiary education, male 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, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Male population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to tertiary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.