School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon
Cameroon: School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.02 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon, 1971β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon is 1.02 GPIA, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon peaked at 1.03 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.9046 GPIA, in 1988.
Cameroon ranks 65th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9597 GPIA | 0.9499 GPIA | 0.9748 GPIA | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.9599 GPIA | 0.9046 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.9918 GPIA | 0.9438 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 1 GPIA | 0.983 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 1.02 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 4 |
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 life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon was 1.02 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9046 GPIA in 1988.
- How does Cameroon rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Cameroon ranks 65th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. 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 life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release