School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Cameroon
Cameroon: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.8811 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, 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 to tertiary, gender parity index in Cameroon is 0.8811 GPI, measured in 2016. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Cameroon peaked at 0.8811 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.6939 GPI, in 1971.
That places Cameroon 157th out of 175 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.6939 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.7124 GPI | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 0.7182 GPI | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 0.729 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 0.7286 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.844 GPI | +15.8% |
| 2002 | 0.7888 GPI | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 0.8418 GPI | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 0.8334 GPI | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8199 GPI | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.8223 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.8333 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8358 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8472 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.8495 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.8615 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8677 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8745 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8811 GPI | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7164 GPI | 0.6939 GPI | 0.729 GPI | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.8296 GPI | 0.7888 GPI | 0.8472 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8669 GPI | 0.8495 GPI | 0.8811 GPI | 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)
- 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 to tertiary, gender parity index in Cameroon?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Cameroon was 0.8811 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8811 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6939 GPI in 1971.
- How does Cameroon rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Cameroon ranks 157th out of 175 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. 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 to tertiary, 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.