School life expectancy, primary, female in Cameroon
Cameroon: School life expectancy, primary, female was 6.6 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in Cameroon, 1971β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 6.6 years for school life expectancy, primary, female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in Cameroon peaked at 6.76 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 4.29 years, in 1996.
That places Cameroon 45th out of 212 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.12 years | 4.85 years | 5.37 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 5.54 years | 5.3 years | 5.95 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.95 years | 4.29 years | 5.78 years | 9 |
| 2000s | 5.78 years | 4.87 years | 6.11 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.36 years | 5.93 years | 6.76 years | 9 |
| 2020s | 6.48 years | 6.28 years | 6.6 years | 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, primary, female in Cameroon?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in Cameroon was 6.6 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 6.76 years in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.29 years in 1996.
- How does Cameroon rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- Cameroon ranks 45th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. 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, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release