Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Cameroon

Cameroon: Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index was 0.8907 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.8907 GPI
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
122nd
of 135 countries
All-time high
0.8907 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.6338 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
14
1971–2016

Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Cameroon, 1971–2016

00.20.40.60.81971199320161971: 0.634 GPI1972: 0.658 GPI1973: 0.671 GPI1974: 0.7 GPI1975: 0.679 GPI1976: 0.696 GPI1977: 0.71 GPI1978: 0.715 GPI1979: 0.734 GPI1980: 0.738 GPI2012: 0.864 GPI2014: 0.875 GPI2015: 0.881 GPI2016: 0.891 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2016, total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Cameroon stood at 0.8907 GPI. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 3.1% over five years.

Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Cameroon peaked at 0.8907 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.6338 GPI, in 1971.

Cameroon ranks 122nd of 135 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.6885 GPI 0.6338 GPI 0.734 GPI 9
1980s 0.7385 GPI 0.7385 GPI 0.7385 GPI 1
2010s 0.8776 GPI 0.8639 GPI 0.8907 GPI 4

Countries ranked near Cameroon

  1. 119 Qatar 0.9191 GPI compare
  2. 120 British Virgin Islands 0.9141 GPI compare
  3. 121 Paraguay 0.8961 GPI compare
  4. 123 Eritrea 0.8786 GPI compare
  5. 124 Cote d'Ivoire 0.8735 GPI
  6. 125 Mozambique 0.8682 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Cameroon?
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Cameroon was 0.8907 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
The highest recorded value was 0.8907 GPI in 2016.
What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6338 GPI in 1971.
How does Cameroon rank for total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index?
Cameroon ranks 122nd out of 135 countries with data for 2016.
Where does this Cameroon data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
180 places, 3,032 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Ratio of female total net enrolment rate for lower secondary to the male total net enrolment rate for lower secondary. 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.