School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Cameroon
Cameroon: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9086 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Cameroon, 2003–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Cameroon stood at 0.9086 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Cameroon peaked at 0.9086 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8236 GPIA, in 2005.
That places Cameroon 191st out of 200 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.8461 GPIA | — |
| 2004 | 0.839 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8236 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.8241 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8357 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.8373 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8506 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 0.8571 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.8667 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8732 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8804 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8808 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.8912 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9076 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9086 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8366 GPIA | 0.8236 GPIA | 0.8506 GPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.8716 GPIA | 0.8571 GPIA | 0.8808 GPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.9025 GPIA | 0.8912 GPIA | 0.9086 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 188 Mali 0.9201 GPIA compare
- 189 Tajikistan 0.9165 GPIA compare
- 190 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9103 GPIA compare
- 192 Dominica 0.9036 GPIA compare
- 193 Djibouti 0.8951 GPIA compare
- 194 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.8863 GPIA 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 114.41 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 114.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Cameroon?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Cameroon was 0.9086 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9086 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8236 GPIA in 2005.
- How does Cameroon rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Cameroon ranks 191st out of 200 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. 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, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release