Qualified primary teachers in Cameroon

In Cameroon, 72.3% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2023.

Measure: Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education Unit: % of primary teachers Data: 2003 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS
Cameroon, 2023 72.3% % of primary teachers
Change from 2022 −10.3percentage points 2022: 82.7%

Qualified primary teachers in Cameroon over time

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% of primary teachers. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education (% of primary teachers), 2003 to 2023
Period Cameroon
2023 72.3%
2022 82.7%
2021 82.3%
2017 81.8%
2012 78.8%
2011 67.1%
2010 57.4%
2006 61.8%nat_est (National estimate)
2005 62.7%nat_est (National estimate)
2004 68.5%
2003 68.1%

Flags: nat_est National estimate . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −10.3 percentage points from 82.7% in 2022.
  • Since 2003, when it was 68.1%, the figure has changed by +4.3 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
TRTP.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2003 to 2023 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