School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Cameroon
Cameroon: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 12.1 years in 2016. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Cameroon, 1971β2016
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Cameroon is 12.1 years, measured in 2016.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Cameroon peaked at 12.15 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6.33 years, in 1972.
That places Cameroon 120th out of 183 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.64 years | 6.33 years | 7.21 years | 6 |
| 1980s | 7.65 years | 7.27 years | 8.35 years | 9 |
| 1990s | 7.77 years | 7.05 years | 8.15 years | 3 |
| 2000s | 8.59 years | 7.28 years | 9.87 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.58 years | 10.61 years | 12.15 years | 5 |
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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)
- School enrollment, primary 114.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Cameroon?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Cameroon was 12.1 years in 2016, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 12.15 years in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.33 years in 1972.
- How does Cameroon rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Cameroon ranks 120th out of 183 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.