School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Cameroon
Cameroon: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9062 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.9062 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
195th
of 208 countries
All-time high
0.9062 GPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.6923 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
43
1971–2023
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Cameroon, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.9062 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2023. That is the highest value across all 43 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Cameroon peaked at 0.9062 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6923 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Cameroon 195th out of 208 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.6923 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.7127 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 0.7207 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 0.7326 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 0.7333 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.7448 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.7522 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.7565 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.7671 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 0.7723 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.7741 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.7836 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 0.7828 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.7865 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.788 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 0.7943 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.8005 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.8027 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.8074 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.8106 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.8177 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.8589 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 0.834 GPIA | -2.9% |
| 1997 | 0.847 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.7976 GPIA | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 0.8219 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8459 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 0.7875 GPIA | -6.9% |
| 2003 | 0.8421 GPIA | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8338 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8196 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.8212 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8297 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8301 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8444 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.8507 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.858 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.8641 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8699 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.8708 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.889 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9023 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9062 GPIA | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7347 GPIA | 0.6923 GPIA | 0.7671 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.7892 GPIA | 0.7723 GPIA | 0.8074 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8268 GPIA | 0.7976 GPIA | 0.8589 GPIA | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.8283 GPIA | 0.7875 GPIA | 0.8459 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8627 GPIA | 0.8507 GPIA | 0.8708 GPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.8991 GPIA | 0.889 GPIA | 0.9062 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 192 Mozambique 0.9136 GPIA compare
- 193 Equatorial Guinea 0.913 GPIA compare
- 194 Mali 0.911 GPIA compare
- 196 Liechtenstein 0.9061 GPIA compare
- 197 Benin 0.8996 GPIA compare
- 198 Djibouti 0.8888 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 secondary, adjusted gender parity in Cameroon?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Cameroon was 0.9062 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9062 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6923 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Cameroon rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- Cameroon ranks 195th out of 208 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. 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 secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release