Cameroon - Primary completion rate

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Cameroon was 62.37 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 70.17 in 2015, while its lowest value was 38.77 in 1973.

Definition: 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.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1973 38.77
1974 38.80
1975 40.89
1976 42.71
1977 44.22
1978 54.01
1979 45.96
1980 45.33
1981 45.79
1982 45.39
1983 45.94
1984 47.51
1985 48.95
1986 49.27
1987 50.92
1988 49.72
1990 54.23
1991 50.94
1999 44.25
2000 46.07
2003 52.23
2004 53.38
2006 46.73
2007 49.06
2008 64.03
2009 63.81
2010 65.97
2011 65.23
2012 68.94
2014 68.34
2015 70.17
2016 69.45
2017 64.69
2018 61.22
2019 62.37

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Cameroon was 68.59 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 79.48 in 2012, while its lowest value was 52.68 in 1999.

Definition: 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.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1973 57.67
1974 56.59
1975 58.71
1976 59.98
1977 60.40
1978 71.76
1979 60.31
1980 57.52
1981 57.38
1982 55.81
1983 55.58
1984 57.24
1985 58.57
1986 58.74
1987 60.19
1988 60.61
1990 58.25
1991 58.94
1999 52.68
2000 52.92
2003 60.95
2004 63.72
2006 54.94
2007 59.11
2008 75.82
2009 75.51
2010 77.32
2011 76.13
2012 79.48
2014 77.17
2015 78.12
2016 77.29
2017 71.69
2018 67.68
2019 68.59

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Cameroon was 65.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 74.24 in 2012, while its lowest value was 47.72 in 1974.

Definition: 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.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1973 48.25
1974 47.72
1975 49.83
1976 51.37
1977 52.33
1978 62.91
1979 53.16
1980 51.44
1981 51.60
1982 50.61
1983 50.77
1984 52.39
1985 53.77
1986 54.02
1987 55.57
1988 55.18
1990 56.25
1991 54.96
1999 48.49
2000 49.51
2003 56.61
2004 58.58
2006 50.86
2007 54.12
2008 69.96
2009 69.70
2010 71.68
2011 70.71
2012 74.24
2014 72.78
2015 74.17
2016 73.39
2017 68.21
2018 64.47
2019 65.50

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes