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2024
global knowledge index
Cameroon
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):138.925
- Population:28,372,687
- HDI:0.587
124/141
Gki
Score
34.7
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Cameroon is a weak performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 124th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 23rd out of the 24 countries with medium human development.
Areas of Strength
- Renewable energy consumption (%)
- Government expenditure on vocational education (%)
- Tertiary graduates from STEM programmes (%)
- Ecological footprint per capita
- Female-to-male labour force participation
Areas of Improvement
- Share of students enrolled in post-secondary vocational programmes
- Extent of corporate transparency
- Labour force participation rate with advanced education
- Logistics performance
- Mobile upload and download speeds
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
124
38.16
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
104
43.84
Higher
Education
136
26.42
Research, Development
and Innovation
39
35.79
Information and
Communications Technology
124
28.3
Economy
135
35.35
Enabling
Environment
126
39.86
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GKI Pillars
