Lower secondary completion in Cameroon

In Cameroon, 47.2% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2018. The value for 2018 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2018 Source: UNESCO UIS
Cameroon, 2018 47.2% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2014 +4.0percentage points 2014: 43.2%

Lower secondary completion in Cameroon over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2018
Period Cameroon
2018 47.2%
2014 43.2%
2011 34.4%
2006 29.7%
2005 36.6%
2004 24.0%
2000 22.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 43.2% in 2014, a change of +4.0 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 22.4%, the figure has changed by +24.8 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2018 for Cameroon
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org