Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Cameroon

Cameroon: Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index was 0.9092 GPI in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9092 GPI
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
178th
of 189 countries
All-time high
0.9154 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.7795 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
20
1971–2019

Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Cameroon, 1971–2019

00.20.40.60.811971199520191971: 0.779 GPI1972: 0.806 GPI1973: 0.804 GPI1974: 0.833 GPI1975: 0.828 GPI1976: 0.838 GPI1977: 0.845 GPI1978: 0.843 GPI1979: 0.852 GPI1980: 0.857 GPI1988: 0.87 GPI1990: 0.872 GPI1991: 0.875 GPI2011: 0.879 GPI2012: 0.891 GPI2014: 0.904 GPI2015: 0.912 GPI2016: 0.915 GPI2017: 0.915 GPI2019: 0.909 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Cameroon recorded 0.9092 GPI for total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in 2019.

That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Cameroon peaked at 0.9154 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.7795 GPI, in 1971.

Cameroon ranks 178th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8254 GPI 0.7795 GPI 0.8525 GPI 9
1980s 0.8634 GPI 0.8569 GPI 0.8699 GPI 2
1990s 0.8736 GPI 0.8721 GPI 0.8751 GPI 2
2010s 0.9036 GPI 0.8788 GPI 0.9154 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Cameroon

  1. 175 Ethiopia 0.929 GPI compare
  2. 176 Nepal 0.9262 GPI compare
  3. 177 Eritrea 0.9125 GPI compare
  4. 179 Mali 0.8992 GPI compare
  5. 180 Iraq 0.8837 GPI compare
  6. 181 Yemen 0.8794 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 189 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Cameroon?
Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index in Cameroon was 0.9092 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
The highest recorded value was 0.9154 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7795 GPI in 1971.
How does Cameroon rank for total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index?
Cameroon ranks 178th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Cameroon?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 4,343 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female total net enrolment rate for primary to the male total net enrolment rate for primary. 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.