Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Cameroon
Cameroon: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 30.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Cameroon, 2007–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Cameroon stood at 30.4%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Cameroon peaked at 30.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13.7%, in 2007.
Cameroon ranks 143rd of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.9% | 13.7% | 17.4% | 3 |
| 2010s | 24.4% | 18.6% | 28.4% | 9 |
| 2020s | 29.4% | 28.4% | 30.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More education data for Cameroon
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (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. average years of schooling 4.26 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 109.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Cameroon?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Cameroon was 30.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 30.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.7% in 2007.
- How does Cameroon rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Cameroon ranks 143rd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.4%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.