School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Cameroon

Cameroon: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 0.8882 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.8882 GPI
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
178th
of 188 countries
All-time high
0.8882 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.8305 GPI
in 2005
Years of data
12
2003–2016

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Cameroon, 2003–2016

00.20.40.60.82003200920162003: 0.853 GPI2004: 0.846 GPI2005: 0.831 GPI2006: 0.831 GPI2007: 0.843 GPI2008: 0.844 GPI2009: 0.858 GPI2011: 0.864 GPI2012: 0.873 GPI2014: 0.88 GPI2015: 0.888 GPI2016: 0.888 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Cameroon recorded 0.8882 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in 2016. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Cameroon peaked at 0.8882 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8305 GPI, in 2005.

That places Cameroon 178th out of 188 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.8435 GPI 0.8305 GPI 0.8575 GPI 7
2010s 0.8787 GPI 0.8636 GPI 0.8882 GPI 5

Countries ranked near Cameroon

  1. 175 Cote d'Ivoire 0.9006 GPI compare
  2. 176 Togo 0.8969 GPI compare
  3. 177 Mali 0.8967 GPI compare
  4. 179 Pakistan 0.8662 GPI compare
  5. 180 Eritrea 0.8579 GPI compare
  6. 181 Niger 0.8398 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Cameroon?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Cameroon was 0.8882 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Cameroon?
The highest recorded value was 0.8882 GPI in 2016.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Cameroon?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8305 GPI in 2005.
How does Cameroon rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Cameroon ranks 178th out of 188 countries with data for 2016.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Cameroon?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. 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, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
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.