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Cameroon: School enrollment, preprimary

35.62percent · 2019+49.4% since 2009

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school. Annual figures for Cameroon from 1971 to 2019.

19792019

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201935.618
201834.464
201735.884
201638.655
201537.049
201433.879
201331.853
201229.659
201126.658
201025.462
200923.843
200822.588
200719.242
200617.852
200518.133
200416.859
200313.579
200213.233
200112.838
200012.678
199910.927
19989.802
19979.507
199510.326
199410.533
199311.114
199211.436
199111.755
199011.968
198912.223
198812.597
198712.087
198611.011
198510.496
19848.915
19836.839
19826.898
19817.298
19806.807
19796.285
19785.036
19774.859
19764.649
19754.381
19744.102
19733.81
19723.5
19713.168

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, preprimary. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-preprimary (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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