Primary school completion rate in Cameroon
The primary completion rate in Cameroon was 75.3% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2015.
Cameroon, 2024
75.3%
Change from 2023
+3.1percentage points
World, 2024
88.0%
Primary school completion rate in Cameroon over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Cameroon | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 75.3% | 88.0% |
| 2023 | 72.2% | 87.3% |
| 2022 | 70.4% | 91.1% |
| 2021 | 69.5% | 88.7% |
| 2020 | – | 88.0% |
| 2019 | 66.0% | 87.9% |
| 2018 | 65.0% | 88.1% |
| 2017 | 68.7% | 88.2% |
| 2016 | 74.3% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 75.7% | 87.9% |
| 2014 | 74.9% | 88.1% |
| 2013 | – | 88.3% |
| 2012 | 76.3% | 88.1% |
| 2011 | 72.2% | 87.8% |
| 2010 | 73.6% | 88.5% |
| 2009 | 72.1% | 89.0% |
| 2008 | 72.6% | 88.2% |
| 2007 | 55.9% | 86.5% |
| 2006 | 52.5% | 85.3% |
| 2005 | – | 85.0% |
| 2004 | 60.4% | 84.2% |
| 2003 | 58.3% | 83.5% |
| 2002 | – | 83.3% |
| 2001 | – | 82.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +3.1 percentage points from 72.2% in 2023.
- Since 2012, when it was 76.3%, the figure has changed by −1.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 88.0%.
More for Cameroon
All statistics for Cameroon
Primary school enrolment (gross)
114.4%
2024 · World Bank
Secondary school enrolment (gross)
44.8%
2023 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
23.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
74.0%
2018 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
47.2%
2018 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
23.0%
2018 · UNESCO UIS