Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Cameroon
Cameroon: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 75.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Cameroon, 1973–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, primary completion rate, total in Cameroon stood at 75.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Cameroon peaked at 76.3% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 47.8%, in 1974.
Cameroon ranks 151st of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 47.8% | — |
| 1974 | 47.8% | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 50.4% | +5.4% |
| 1976 | 52.3% | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 53.1% | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 63.8% | +20.1% |
| 1979 | 53.6% | -15.9% |
| 1980 | 51.6% | -3.7% |
| 1981 | 51.3% | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 50.1% | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 50.2% | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 52.0% | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 53.6% | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 54.0% | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 55.7% | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 55.3% | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 56.8% | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 55.6% | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 50.2% | -9.6% |
| 2000 | 51.5% | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 58.3% | +13.2% |
| 2004 | 60.4% | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 52.5% | -13.0% |
| 2007 | 55.9% | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 72.6% | +29.7% |
| 2009 | 72.1% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 73.6% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 72.2% | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 76.3% | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 74.9% | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 75.7% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 74.3% | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 68.7% | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 65.0% | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 66.0% | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 69.5% | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 70.4% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 72.2% | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 75.3% | +4.3% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 75.3% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 85.6%, 88% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 75.3% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 70.7%, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +29.7% | 55.9% | 72.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 52.7% | 47.8% | 63.8% | 7 |
| 1980s | 52.6% | 50.1% | 55.7% | 9 |
| 1990s | 54.2% | 50.2% | 56.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 60.5% | 51.5% | 72.6% | 7 |
| 2010s | 71.9% | 65.0% | 76.3% | 9 |
| 2020s | 71.9% | 69.5% | 75.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 148 Tanzania 77.3% compare
- 149 Luxembourg 76.5% compare
- 150 Democratic Republic of Congo 75.7% compare
- 152 Suriname 75.2% compare
- 153 Pakistan 74.1% compare
- 154 Mauritania 73.4% compare
More aid effectiveness data for Cameroon
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 1.54 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium 2.59 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 11.51 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 72.40 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 9.48 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 113.02 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France 146.16 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 2.56 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 10.12 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 24.80 million current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Cameroon?
- Primary completion rate, total in Cameroon was 75.3% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 76.3% in 2012.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.8% in 1974.
- How does Cameroon rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Cameroon ranks 151st out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.