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.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.0835 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.1008 GPI | +20.6% |
| 1973 | 0.1264 GPI | +25.4% |
| 1974 | 0.1271 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 0.1576 GPI | +24.0% |
| 2002 | 0.637 GPI | +304.2% |
| 2003 | 0.6372 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.6373 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.6569 GPI | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 0.7179 GPI | +9.3% |
| 2007 | 0.7771 GPI | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 0.7927 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.7869 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.813 GPI | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 0.735 GPI | -9.6% |
| 2012 | 0.7731 GPI | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 0.7741 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.7793 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8033 GPI | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8814 GPI | +9.7% |
| 2017 | 0.8135 GPI | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 0.8862 GPI | +8.9% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.8862 GPI is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.8461 GPI, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.8862 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7194 GPI, 1.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 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 | +304.2% | 0.1576 GPI | 0.637 GPI |
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
- 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, 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.