Total net enrolment rate, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon
Cameroon: Total net enrolment rate, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9018 GPIA in 2019. β² Rising
Total net enrolment rate, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon, 1971β2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total net enrolment rate, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon is 0.9018 GPIA, measured in 2019.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon peaked at 0.9075 GPIA in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.7748 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Cameroon 169th out of 178 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8228 GPIA | 0.7748 GPIA | 0.8521 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.8611 GPIA | 0.8568 GPIA | 0.8655 GPIA | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.8684 GPIA | 0.8669 GPIA | 0.8699 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.8937 GPIA | 0.8718 GPIA | 0.9075 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
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 total net enrolment rate, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon?
- Total net enrolment rate, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon was 0.9018 GPIA in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net enrolment rate, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9075 GPIA in 2017.
- What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7748 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Cameroon rank for total net enrolment rate, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Cameroon ranks 169th out of 178 countries with data for 2019.
- Is total net enrolment rate, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. 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 Total net enrolment rate, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release