Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon
Cameroon: Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index was 1.06 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon is 1.06 index, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon peaked at 1.06 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.4517 index, in 1981.
Cameroon ranks 57th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5041 index | 0.4517 index | 0.5752 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.6915 index | 0.5938 index | 0.774 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8118 index | 0.7702 index | 0.869 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9425 index | 0.8852 index | 0.9887 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.03 index | 1 index | 1.06 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 54 Egypt 1.06 index compare
- 55 South Africa 1.06 index compare
- 56 Thailand 1.06 index compare
- 58 Trinidad and Tobago 1.05 index compare
- 59 Madagascar 1.05 index compare
- 60 Guinea-Bissau 1.05 index compare
More gender data for Cameroon
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 465,137 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 475,018 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 453,098 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 461,925 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 443,236 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 452,058 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 436,011 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 444,018 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 430,025 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 437,292 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon?
- Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon was 1.06 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4517 index in 1981.
- How does Cameroon rank for lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Cameroon ranks 57th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal lower secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.