School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Cameroon

Cameroon: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.02 GPI
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
65th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPI
in 1985
All-time low
0.9101 GPI
in 1988
Years of data
41
1971–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Cameroon, 1971–2019

00.250.50.7511971199520191971: 0.962 GPI1976: 0.949 GPI1977: 0.95 GPI1978: 0.975 GPI1979: 0.966 GPI1980: 0.945 GPI1981: 0.972 GPI1983: 0.911 GPI1984: 0.986 GPI1985: 1 GPI1986: 0.958 GPI1987: 0.993 GPI1988: 0.91 GPI1989: 0.968 GPI1990: 0.996 GPI1991: 1 GPI1992: 1 GPI1994: 0.996 GPI1995: 0.996 GPI1997: 1 GPI1998: 1 GPI1999: 0.952 GPI2000: 0.992 GPI2001: 1 GPI2002: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 0.998 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2017: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Cameroon stood at 1.02 GPI.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Cameroon peaked at 1.04 GPI in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0.9101 GPI, in 1988.

That places Cameroon 65th out of 189 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9603 GPI 0.9494 GPI 0.9748 GPI 5
1980s 0.9643 GPI 0.9101 GPI 1.04 GPI 9
1990s 0.9994 GPI 0.9519 GPI 1.03 GPI 8
2000s 1.01 GPI 0.992 GPI 1.03 GPI 10
2010s 1.02 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.03 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Cameroon

  1. 62 Dominican Republic 1.02 GPI compare
  2. 63 El Salvador 1.02 GPI compare
  3. 64 Zimbabwe 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 66 North Macedonia 1.02 GPI compare
  5. 67 Sudan 1.02 GPI compare
  6. 68 Trinidad and Tobago 1.02 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Cameroon?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Cameroon was 1.02 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 1985.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9101 GPI in 1988.
How does Cameroon rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Cameroon ranks 65th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Cameroon?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cameroon data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,031 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.