School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Cameroon
Cameroon: School life expectancy, tertiary, female was 0.8652 years in 2024. β Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Cameroon, 1971β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.8652 years for school life expectancy, tertiary, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.6% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, female in Cameroon peaked at 0.8652 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0039 years, in 1971.
That places Cameroon 146th out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0087 years | 0.0039 years | 0.0144 years | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.3014 years | 0.2003 years | 0.4917 years | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.6424 years | 0.5182 years | 0.7684 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7885 years | 0.7235 years | 0.8652 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
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, tertiary, female in Cameroon?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, female in Cameroon was 0.8652 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8652 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, female recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0039 years in 1971.
- How does Cameroon rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, female?
- Cameroon ranks 146th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, female rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release