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Cameroon: Over-age students, primary, male

12.72percent · 2017-46.4% since 1979

Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education. Annual figures for Cameroon from 1971 to 2017.

19712017

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201712.718
201614.857
201510.317
201410.447
201212.066
201112.061
199123.13
199023.128
198824.799
198023.679
197923.719
197823.881
197724.83
197625.286
197526.047
197435.003
197325.107
197227.231
197126.696

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Over-age students, primary, male. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-over-age-students-primary-male (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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