Cameroon's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) was 12.25% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 4.56 percentage points from 16.8% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 12.25% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 16.8% | 2008 |
| Highest | 30.2% | 1982 |
| Lowest | 11.79% | 2016 |
| Average since 2009 | 12.64% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 25.9% | 1973 |
Since 1973 it is down 13.65 percentage points from 25.9% in 1973. The World Bank has no value for 10 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2018, Cameroon's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) rose 0.06 percentage points on 2017 (from 12.19% to 12.25%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2017), the average change was −0.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.57 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 8.96 percentage points in 1979 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.59 percentage points in 1978. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.2 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 55% of the movement over 9 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2018, Cameroon had the 10th highest value of the 79 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12.25% | 2018 |
| World | 3.14% | 2018 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.57% | 2018 |
| Lower middle income | 1.96% | 2018 |
Closest to Cameroon in the 2018 ranking
What this measures
Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school.
Limitations: Country policies on repetition and promotion differ. In some cases the number of repeaters is controlled because of limited capacity. In other cases the number of repeaters is almost 0 because of automatic promotion – suggesting a system that is highly efficient but that may not be endowing students with enough cognitive skills.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 36 values
| Year | Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 12.25 |
| 2017 | 12.19 |
| 2016 | 11.79 |
| 2015 | 12.17 |
| 2014 | 12.73 |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | 12.32 |
| 2011 | 12.5 |
| 2010 | 13.14 |
| 2009 | 14.68 |
| 2008 |
Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) in nearby economies
- Benin — 15.11% (2018)
- Burkina Faso — 5.7% (2018)
- Burundi — 25.72% (2018)
- Cabo Verde — 7.75% (2018)
- Central African Republic — 22.64% (2016)
- Chad — 16.82% (2016)
- Comoros — 15.95% (2018)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 9.87% (2015)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 11.05% (2017)
- Eritrea
More education data for Cameroon
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 5.29 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 114.41% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 109.53% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 119.22% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers — 121,453 (2024)
- School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) — 35.62% (2019)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Cameroon's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)?
- 12.25% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1973?
- It is down 13.65 percentage points from 25.9% in 1973. The highest value was 30.2% in 1982 and the lowest 11.79% in 2016.
- How does Cameroon rank?
- 10th highest of 79 economies with data for 2018.
- Is the latest change in repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) unusual for Cameroon?
- In 2018, Cameroon's repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) rose 0.06 percentage points on 2017 (from 12.19% to 12.25%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2017), the average change was −0.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.57 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.REPT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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