School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Cameroon
Cameroon: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.878 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Cameroon, 1971–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Cameroon is 0.878 GPI, measured in 2016. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Cameroon peaked at 0.878 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.6976 GPI, in 1971.
That places Cameroon 174th out of 193 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.6976 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.717 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 0.7237 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 0.7354 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 0.7352 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.7467 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.7538 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.758 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.7685 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 0.7738 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.7751 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.7846 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 0.784 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.7879 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.7896 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 0.7963 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.8028 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.8046 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.8105 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.8134 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.8209 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.8625 GPI | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 0.838 GPI | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 0.8528 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 0.8032 GPI | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 0.8281 GPI | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8527 GPI | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 0.7939 GPI | -6.9% |
| 2003 | 0.8486 GPI | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8403 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8261 GPI | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.828 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.8364 GPI | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8366 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8508 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.8569 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8644 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.8708 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8769 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.878 GPI | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7373 GPI | 0.6976 GPI | 0.7685 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.7909 GPI | 0.7738 GPI | 0.8105 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8313 GPI | 0.8032 GPI | 0.8625 GPI | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.8348 GPI | 0.7939 GPI | 0.8527 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8694 GPI | 0.8569 GPI | 0.878 GPI | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 171 Liechtenstein 0.9017 GPI compare
- 172 Equatorial Guinea 0.9001 GPI compare
- 173 Côte d'Ivoire 0.8785 GPI compare
- 175 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.872 GPI compare
- 176 Eritrea 0.8698 GPI compare
- 177 Mali 0.8683 GPI 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, gender parity index in Cameroon?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Cameroon was 0.878 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.878 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6976 GPI in 1971.
- How does Cameroon rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Cameroon ranks 174th out of 193 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. 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, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.