Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon
Cameroon: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9175 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.9175 index for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in 2024. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon peaked at 0.9175 index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7314 index, in 1971.
That places Cameroon 203rd out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.7314 index | — |
| 1972 | 0.7566 index | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 0.7673 index | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.7774 index | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 0.7841 index | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.7981 index | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 0.8077 index | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 0.8131 index | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 0.8253 index | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 0.8308 index | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.8383 index | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.8413 index | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.8405 index | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.8417 index | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.8389 index | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.8423 index | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.8478 index | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.8461 index | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.8513 index | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.8507 index | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.8535 index | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.9155 index | +7.3% |
| 1994 | 0.8948 index | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8954 index | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8531 index | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 0.8648 index | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 0.8257 index | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8175 index | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.847 index | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 0.8612 index | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8536 index | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.8458 index | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.8492 index | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.8308 index | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8307 index | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8523 index | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.8488 index | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.8552 index | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8536 index | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8597 index | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8663 index | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.8809 index | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8882 index | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8884 index | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.8886 index | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.8925 index | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.8925 index | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.8991 index | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9087 index | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.914 index | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.9175 index | +0.4% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.9175 index is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9807 index, 94% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.9175 index is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9709 index, 95% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7845 index | 0.7314 index | 0.8253 index | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.8419 index | 0.8308 index | 0.8513 index | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8635 index | 0.8175 index | 0.9155 index | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.8475 index | 0.8307 index | 0.8612 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.879 index | 0.8536 index | 0.8925 index | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.9098 index | 0.8991 index | 0.9175 index | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 200 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9292 index compare
- 201 Montserrat 0.9261 index compare
- 202 Benin 0.925 index compare
- 204 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.9157 index compare
- 205 Djibouti 0.9108 index compare
- 206 Mali 0.9103 index compare
More health data for Cameroon
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7821 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 786.1 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 12,841 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 17 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0746 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon was 0.9175 index in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9175 index in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7314 index in 1971.
- How does Cameroon rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Cameroon ranks 203rd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. 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 life expectancy, 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 equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.