School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in Cameroon
Cameroon: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) was 0.9555 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.9555 GPIA for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.0% on the previous year and up 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon peaked at 0.9555 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0829 GPIA, in 1971.
Cameroon ranks 150th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.0829 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.1002 GPIA | +20.8% |
| 1973 | 0.1255 GPIA | +25.3% |
| 1974 | 0.1261 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 0.1563 GPIA | +24.0% |
| 2002 | 0.6354 GPIA | +306.5% |
| 2003 | 0.6356 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.6358 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.6554 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 0.7178 GPIA | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 0.7773 GPIA | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 0.791 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.7857 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.8108 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 0.7326 GPIA | -9.6% |
| 2012 | 0.7703 GPIA | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 0.7712 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.7762 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.7995 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 0.8767 GPIA | +9.7% |
| 2017 | 0.8087 GPIA | -7.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8806 GPIA | +8.9% |
| 2019 | 0.8494 GPIA | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 0.7886 GPIA | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 0.7763 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.8135 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 0.8235 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9555 GPIA | +16.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.9555 GPIA is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.03 GPIA, 93% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.9555 GPIA is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7817 GPIA, 1.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in Cameroon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +306.5% | 0.1563 GPIA | 0.6354 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1182 GPIA | 0.0829 GPIA | 0.1563 GPIA | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.7043 GPIA | 0.6354 GPIA | 0.791 GPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.8076 GPIA | 0.7326 GPIA | 0.8806 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8315 GPIA | 0.7763 GPIA | 0.9555 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More education data for Cameroon
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 118,092 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 611,326 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 321,494 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 322,873 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.01 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 5.29 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1816 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon was 0.9555 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9555 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0829 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Cameroon rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Cameroon ranks 150th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.1%. 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, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release