Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon
Cameroon: Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index was 1.08 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary 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
Cameroon recorded 1.08 index for primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon peaked at 1.08 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.8488 index, in 1981.
Cameroon ranks 35th of 165 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.8936 index | 0.8488 index | 0.9376 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.9782 index | 0.9472 index | 0.9908 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 1 index | 0.9904 index | 1.02 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.05 index | 1.02 index | 1.06 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.07 index | 1.07 index | 1.08 index | 6 |
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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 primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon?
- Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon was 1.08 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8488 index in 1981.
- How does Cameroon rank for primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Cameroon ranks 35th out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. 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 Primary 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 primary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.