School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon
Cameroon: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.8897 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon, 1971β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon stood at 0.8897 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon peaked at 0.8897 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.3904 GPIA, in 1971.
Cameroon ranks 187th of 207 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4621 GPIA | 0.3904 GPIA | 0.5285 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.603 GPIA | 0.5397 GPIA | 0.6745 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7356 GPIA | 0.6827 GPIA | 0.8341 GPIA | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.7757 GPIA | 0.6122 GPIA | 0.8316 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8399 GPIA | 0.834 GPIA | 0.8428 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.8753 GPIA | 0.8536 GPIA | 0.8897 GPIA | 4 |
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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, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon was 0.8897 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8897 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3904 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Cameroon rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Cameroon ranks 187th out of 207 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. 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, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release