Primary net enrolment in Cameroon
In Cameroon, 96.2% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2024.
Cameroon, 2024
96.2%
Change from 2023
−0.1percentage points
Primary net enrolment in Cameroon over time
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% of children of primary school 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 |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 96.2% |
| 2023 | 96.3% |
| 2022 | 96.1% |
| 2021 | 95.6% |
| 2019 | 92.5% |
| 2017 | 94.2% |
| 2016 | 95.7% |
| 2015 | 95.2% |
| 2014 | 94.8% |
| 2012 | 94.2%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2011 | 91.5%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2009 | 90.1%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2008 | 87.3%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 96.3% in 2023.
- Since 2011, when it was 91.5%, the figure has changed by +4.8 percentage points.
More for Cameroon
All statistics for Cameroon
Out-of-school children
3.8%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school enrolment (gross)
114.4%
2024 · 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