School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Cameroon
Cameroon: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.8485 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Cameroon, 1971–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.8485 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2016. That is the highest value across all 41 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Cameroon peaked at 0.8485 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.3963 GPI, in 1971.
That places Cameroon 172nd out of 195 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.3963 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.4178 GPI | +5.4% |
| 1973 | 0.4359 GPI | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 0.4611 GPI | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 0.4574 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 0.477 GPI | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 0.5019 GPI | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 0.5168 GPI | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 0.5299 GPI | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 0.5416 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 0.5414 GPI | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.5657 GPI | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 0.5708 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.5921 GPI | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 0.6146 GPI | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 0.6292 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 0.647 GPI | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 0.6593 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.675 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 0.685 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.7136 GPI | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 0.718 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.6864 GPI | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 0.8029 GPI | +17.0% |
| 1998 | 0.7268 GPI | -9.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8387 GPI | +15.4% |
| 2001 | 0.8109 GPI | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 0.6154 GPI | -24.1% |
| 2003 | 0.836 GPI | +35.8% |
| 2004 | 0.7878 GPI | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 0.7885 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.7913 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.7749 GPI | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.7913 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8255 GPI | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 0.8389 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 0.8481 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.8476 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8424 GPI | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.846 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.8485 GPI | +0.3% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.8485 GPI is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9975 GPI, 85% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.8485 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9023 GPI, 94% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Cameroon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +35.8% | 0.6154 GPI | 0.836 GPI |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.466 GPI | 0.3963 GPI | 0.5299 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.6037 GPI | 0.5414 GPI | 0.675 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7388 GPI | 0.685 GPI | 0.8387 GPI | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.7802 GPI | 0.6154 GPI | 0.836 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8453 GPI | 0.8389 GPI | 0.8485 GPI | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Cameroon?
- School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Cameroon was 0.8485 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8485 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3963 GPI in 1971.
- How does Cameroon rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
- Cameroon ranks 172nd out of 195 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. 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, secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.