Primary completion (UIS) in Cameroon
In Cameroon, 74.0% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2018. The value for 2018 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Cameroon, 2018
74.0%
Change from 2014
+0.3percentage points
Primary completion (UIS) in Cameroon over time: Boys
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Cameroon
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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Cameroon |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 74.9% |
| 2014 | 74.8% |
| 2011 | 68.6% |
| 2006 | 60.1% |
| 2005 | 72.2% |
| 2004 | 59.8% |
| 2000 | 67.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 73.6% in 2014, a change of +0.3 percentage points.
- Since 2000, when it was 67.4%, the figure has changed by +6.5 percentage points.
More for Cameroon
All statistics for Cameroon
Lower secondary completion
47.2%
2018 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school completion rate
75.3%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
23.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Upper secondary completion
23.0%
2018 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
3.8%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
47.1%
2023 · UNESCO UIS