School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Cameroon
Cameroon: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.8862 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Cameroon, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.8862 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2018. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.9% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Cameroon peaked at 0.8862 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0835 GPI, in 1971.
That places Cameroon 128th out of 177 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1191 GPI | 0.0835 GPI | 0.1576 GPI | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.7054 GPI | 0.637 GPI | 0.7927 GPI | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.8066 GPI | 0.735 GPI | 0.8862 GPI | 9 |
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, gender parity index in Cameroon?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Cameroon was 0.8862 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8862 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0835 GPI in 1971.
- How does Cameroon rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Cameroon ranks 128th out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. 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, 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.