Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Cameroon

Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Cameroon was 16.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 0.6 pts from 2023. That is the 113th highest of 133 countries in 2020.

202416.7%
Change on 2023+0.6 pts
Rank113th of 133Countries ranked
Series high17.32015
Series low0.51971

Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Cameroon, 1971 to 2024

0510152019711981198920032010201720241971: 0.5 %1972: 0.6 %1973: 0.8 %1974: 0.9 %1975: 1.1 %1979: 1.6 %1980: 1.8 %1981: 1.6 %1982: 1.6 %1983: 1.8 %1984: 2 %1985: 2.2 %1987: 2.5 %1988: 2.6 %1989: 2.6 %1990: 3 %1991: 3.2 %1999: 4.9 %2000: 4.7 %2001: 4.7 %2002: 5.2 %2003: 5.2 %2004: 5.2 %2005: 6 %2006: 7.1 %2007: 7.6 %2008: 8.2 %2009: 9.4 %2010: 11.6 %2011: 12.5 %2012: 13.5 %2013: 15.8 %2014: 16.8 %2015: 17.3 %2016: 12.7 %2017: 13 %2018: 14.5 %2019: 15.1 %2020: 15.6 %2021: 17.2 %2022: 16.4 %2023: 16 %2024: 16.7 %
%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR) via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.
All 43 values
Period%
202416.7
202316
202216.4
202117.2
202015.6
201915.1
201814.5
201713
201612.7
201517.3
201416.8
201315.8
201213.5
201112.5
201011.6
20099.4
20088.2
20077.6
20067.1
20056
20045.2
20035.2
20025.2
20014.7
20004.7
19994.9
19913.2
19903
19892.6
19882.6
19872.5
19852.2
19842
19831.8
19821.6
19811.6
19801.8
19791.6
19751.1
19740.9
19730.8
19720.6
19710.5

Rankings

Definition

Students enrolled in tertiary education (ISCED levels 5 to 8), of any age, as a percentage of the population in the five-year age group that follows the official secondary school leaving age. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

A gross ratio: students outside the reference ages and students from abroad are counted, so it can exceed 100%. It counts students, not graduates; for degree holders in the United States see bachelors_degree_share.

How to cite

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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What is the tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Cameroon?

Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Cameroon was 16.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 0.6 pts from 2023. That is the 113th highest of 133 countries in 2020.

Where does this figure come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics. School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Cameroon?

17.3% in 2015, the highest value since 1971 in this series.

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