School life expectancy, primary, male in Cameroon
Cameroon: School life expectancy, primary, male was 7.19 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, male in Cameroon, 1971β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary, male in Cameroon stood at 7.19 years.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in Cameroon peaked at 7.61 years in 2016 and was at its lowest, 5.03 years, in 1996.
That places Cameroon 24th out of 209 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 | 6.53 years | 6.37 years | 6.67 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 6.58 years | 6.33 years | 7.04 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.73 years | 5.03 years | 6.8 years | 9 |
| 2000s | 6.82 years | 5.75 years | 7.15 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.23 years | 6.65 years | 7.61 years | 9 |
| 2020s | 7.12 years | 6.99 years | 7.2 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 21 Guinea-Bissau 7.34 years compare
- 22 South Africa 7.3 years compare
- 23 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7.25 years compare
- 25 East Timor 7.18 years compare
- 26 American Samoa 7.1 years compare
- 27 Vanuatu 7.1 years compare
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, male in Cameroon?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in Cameroon was 7.19 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 7.61 years in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.03 years in 1996.
- How does Cameroon rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- Cameroon ranks 24th out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release