Benin vs Cameroon
Benin vs Cameroon: Girls in primary school
Girls in primary school: 83.6% in Benin in 2008 and 88.7% in Cameroon in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 1990 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 41.1 percentage points, or 2.52 times that in Benin.
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
What the numbers say
- Cameroon has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1820.
- The world as a whole: 77.3% in 1990.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Benin | Cameroon | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2017 | – | 88.7 | 88.2 |
| 2016 | – | 90.3 | 88.3 |
| 2015 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2014 | – | – | 88.3 |
| 2013 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2012 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2011 | – | 82.9 | 88.1 |
| 2010 | – | – | 87.9 |
| 2009 | – | – | 87.9 |
| 2008 | 83.6 | – | 87.6 |
| 2007 | – | – | 87.2 |
| 2006 | 76.7 | – | 86 |
| 2005 | – | – | 85.4 |
| 2004 | – | – | 84.7 |
| 2003 | – | – | 83.5 |
| 2002 | – | – | 81.4 |
| 2001 | – | – | 81 |
| 2000 | – | – | 80.7 |
| 1999 | – | – | 79.9 |
| 1998 | – | – | 78.9 |
| 1997 | 47.6 | – | 78.1 |
| 1996 | 43.9 | – | 77.9 |
| 1995 | 41.3 | – | 78 |
| 1994 | 38.7 | – | 78.3 |
| 1993 | 36.3 | – | 78 |
| 1992 | 33 | – | 77.7 |
| 1991 | – | 66.5 | 77.8 |
| 1990 | 27.1 | 68.2 | 77.3 |
| 1989 | 33.2 | – | 77.6 |
| 1988 | 32.8 | 68.9 | 76.6 |
| 1987 | – | – | 75.8 |
| 1986 | 33 | – | 75.3 |
| 1985 | 34 | – | 74 |
| 1980 | 30.8 | 69.3 | 75.8 |
| 1975 | 26.1 | 63 | 72.9 |
| 1970 | 19.8 | 55 | 69 |
| 1965 | 16 | 54 | 66 |
| 1960 | 11.4 | 31 | 63.1 |
| 1955 | 7.6 | 22.5 | 57.4 |
| 1950 | 6 | 18.1 | 51.4 |
| 1945 | 4.6 | 14.4 | 43.5 |
| 1940 | 3.6 | 11.4 | 40 |
| 1935 | 2.8 | 9 | 38.2 |
| 1930 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 36.4 |
| 1925 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 33 |
| 1920 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 30.5 |
| 1915 | 1 | 2.4 | 29.2 |
| 1910 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 28.1 |
| 1905 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 23.3 |
| 1895 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 21.8 |
| 1890 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 20 |
| 1885 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 19 |
| 1880 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 17.2 |
| 1875 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 15.7 |
| 1870 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 13.2 |
| 1865 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 10.6 |
| 1860 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 9.3 |
| 1855 | 0 | 0.1 | 8 |
| 1850 | 0 | 0.1 | 6.8 |
| 1845 | 0 | 0.1 | 5.9 |
| 1840 | 0 | 0.1 | 5.2 |
| 1835 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 1830 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1825 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 1820 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of girls of primary-school age who are enrolled in school.
- Source: Our World in Data, joining historical estimates to the World Bank’s.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Benin vs Cameroon
Health
- Life expectancyBenin: 60.8 years in 2023Cameroon: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBenin: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Cameroon: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBenin: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Cameroon: 47.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBenin: 3.63% in 2017Cameroon: 3.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateBenin: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Cameroon: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBenin: 14.1 million people in 2023Cameroon: 28.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthBenin: 2.51% a year in 2023Cameroon: 2.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBenin: 4.56 births per woman in 2023Cameroon: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBenin: 53.4% in 2025Cameroon: 55.7% in 2025
- Median ageBenin: 17.8 years in 2023Cameroon: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBenin: 3.1% in 2023Cameroon: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateBenin: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Cameroon: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBenin: 0.89% of GDP in 2025Cameroon: 1.06% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBenin: $204M in 2025Cameroon: $580M in 2025
- Military spending per personBenin: $15 in 2025Cameroon: $21 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBenin: 4.8% of government spending in 2025Cameroon: 6.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBenin: 12,000 people in 2020Cameroon: 34,000 people in 2020
- National powerBenin: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Cameroon: 0.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBenin: 0.21% of the labour force in 2020Cameroon: 0.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBenin: 4 million TIV in 2025Cameroon: 2 million TIV in 2023