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Secondary school enrollment — all countries

Secondary school enrollment — Cameroon

Secondary school enrollment in Cameroon in 2023 — 44.8%. Ranked 138 in the world out of 147. Since 1971, the indicator has risen by 36.7 pp.

2023 44.8% −0.8 pp vs 2022
World rank 138of 147
Period maximum 61.4%2016
Period minimum 8.2%1971

Trend over time

1971–2023 · % (gross ratio)

Secondary school enrollment — Cameroon, 1971–202302040608019711977198319891995200120072013201920231971: 8.2%1972: 9%1973: 10%1974: 10.8%1975: 12%1976: 13.2%1977: 14.6%1978: 15.9%1979: 16.7%1980: 17.4%1981: 18.3%1982: 18.8%1983: 20.1%1984: 20.9%1985: 22.3%1986: 22.4%1987: 24.3%1988: 25.3%1989: 25.7%1990: 25.9%1991: 27.4%1992: 28.3%1994: 27.2%1995: 26.2%1997: 24.5%1998: 25.4%1999: 26.9%2000: 28.5%2001: 33.6%2002: 29.3%2003: 30.9%2004: 27.5%2005: 28%2006: 24.4%2007: 33.4%2008: 37.8%2009: 41.8%2011: 49.9%2012: 53.1%2013: 54.9%2014: 59.1%2015: 60.5%2016: 61.4%2021: 45.5%2022: 45.6%2023: 44.8%
Change over the period: +36.7 pp Annual average: 0.71 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Cameroon

Cameroon 44.8%
World 77.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 45.7%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 72.7%
Secondary school enrollment — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 44.8 −0.8 pp
2022 45.6 +0.1 pp
2021 45.5 —
2016 61.4 +0.9 pp
2015 60.5 +1.4 pp
2014 59.1 +4.2 pp
2013 54.9 +1.8 pp
2012 53.1 +3.2 pp
2011 49.9 —
2009 41.8 +3.9 pp
2008 37.8 +4.4 pp
2007 33.4 +9 pp
2006 24.4 −3.6 pp
2005 28 +0.5 pp
2004 27.5 −3.4 pp
2003 30.9 +1.6 pp
2002 29.3 −4.2 pp
2001 33.6 +5.1 pp
2000 28.5 +1.5 pp
1999 26.9 +1.5 pp
1998 25.4 +0.9 pp
1997 24.5 —
1995 26.2 −1 pp
1994 27.2 —
1992 28.3 +0.9 pp
1991 27.4 +1.5 pp
1990 25.9 +0.1 pp
1989 25.7 +0.5 pp
1988 25.3 +1 pp
1987 24.3 +1.9 pp
1986 22.4 +0.1 pp
1985 22.3 +1.3 pp
1984 20.9 +0.9 pp
1983 20.1 +1.3 pp
1982 18.8 +0.4 pp
1981 18.3 +1 pp
1980 17.4 +0.6 pp
1979 16.7 +0.8 pp
1978 15.9 +1.3 pp
1977 14.6 +1.4 pp
1976 13.2 +1.2 pp
1975 12 +1.2 pp
1974 10.8 +0.8 pp
1973 10 +1 pp
1972 9 +0.9 pp
1971 8.2 —

Middle Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 55.5 AO Angola 51.5 CM Cameroon 44.8 TD Chad 24.2
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About the indicator

The gross secondary enrollment ratio — the ratio of the total number of secondary school pupils, of any age, to the population of the official age for that level. It can exceed 100% when pupils older than the official age are in school — because of repetition or a late start, for example.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

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