Africa · Education
Collection
Education access, attainment, and quality for Africa. Sources: UNESCO, World Bank, DHS. Enrollment, literacy, teacher ratios. • 101 items • Updated
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value | esa_processed stringdate 2026-04-14 00:00:00 2026-04-14 00:00:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%) | 23.7 | null | 28.7 | 21.2 | 26.8 | 23.1 | 23.5 | 20.5 | 27.7 | 31.9 | 36 | null | 43.3 | 46.5 | 48.2 | 51.9 | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio) | 0.8 | null | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | null | 0.8 | 0.9 | null | null | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Female (%) | null | null | null | null | 43.7 | 42.4 | 47.2 | 37.9 | 37.2 | 51.7 | 46.6 | 45.9 | 45.1 | null | null | 50.1 | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%) | null | 99 | 98.9 | 98.3 | 98.1 | 96.5 | 95.3 | 94.3 | 93.3 | 92.9 | 93.5 | 94.5 | 95.4 | 97.2 | 98.1 | null | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%) | null | null | null | 3.9 | 4 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 9.9 | 10.1 | null | null | null | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 83.1 | null | null | 80.6 | null | null | null | null | 83.8 | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years) | 1.7 | null | 2 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | null | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Mean years of schooling (years) | null | 4.8 | null | null | null | null | 5.1 | null | null | null | null | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6 | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years) | null | null | null | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | null | null | null | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years) | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 | null | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4 | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Adult literacy rate - Female (%) | null | 58.7 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 63 | null | null | 64.8 | null | null | null | null | 68.9 | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education (ratio) | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | null | null | null | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%) | 81 | 83.1 | 98.1 | 98 | 98 | 102.2 | 100.3 | 99.3 | 101.3 | 101.6 | 103.9 | 106.2 | null | null | null | null | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%) | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 9 | 11 | 11.9 | null | null | null | 17.5 | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Adult literacy rate - Male (%) | null | 79.2 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 79 | null | null | 78.3 | null | null | null | null | 81.2 | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years) | 5.3 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.2 | null | 7.3 | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Total (%) | null | null | null | 56.8 | 57.6 | 57.4 | 61.3 | 62.4 | 64.2 | null | 66.3 | null | null | 69.1 | 69.9 | null | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Adult literacy rate - Total (%) | null | 68.4 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 70.7 | null | null | 71.3 | null | null | null | null | 75 | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years) | 4.9 | 5 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6 | 6 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.7 | null | 6.8 | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | null | null | null | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%) | 73.1 | 76.5 | 91.1 | 90.5 | 90.1 | 94.2 | 91.4 | 90.5 | 93.6 | 93.9 | 96.3 | 98.4 | 98.4 | 103.4 | null | 106.9 | 110.7 | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years) | null | null | null | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | null | null | null | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate) | 22.8 | 23.6 | 19.6 | null | null | 16.5 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 21.9 | 26.3 | null | null | 24.1 | 21.4 | 19.6 | 20.4 | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years) | 2 | null | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.1 | null | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4 | 4.4 | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%) | null | null | null | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 7 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 10 | 12.2 | 13.8 | null | null | null | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate) | 51.9 | null | 62.7 | 60.8 | 57.1 | 53.9 | 47.8 | 44.7 | 44.4 | 46 | 46.3 | 45.8 | 45.4 | 45.6 | null | 44.2 | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 80.9 | 83.6 | null | 87.6 | 91.4 | null | 91.6 | 92 | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Male (%) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 41.4 | 42.8 | 46.1 | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%) | 28.2 | null | 35.4 | 34.5 | 32 | 29.3 | 29.8 | 25.9 | 35.8 | 39.9 | 43.2 | null | 51.2 | 54.4 | 56.4 | 61 | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Total (%) | null | null | null | 47.5 | 47.3 | 46.1 | 52.1 | 41.1 | 40.4 | 54.4 | 49.9 | 49 | 47.9 | null | null | 52.3 | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Ratio of school attendance rate of orphans to school attendance rate of non orphans (%) | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | null | 0.9 | null | null | null | null | 0.9 | null | null | null | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Female (%) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 60.5 | 56.1 | 69 | 65.4 | 57.3 | 70.5 | null | null | null | null | HDX | 2026-04-14 |
CAMEROON - Education indicators, UNECA | Africa (original)
Size category: n<1K - Formats: parquet - Sector: education - Engineered by Electric Sheep Africa
TL;DR
This dataset is part of the Electric Sheep Africa catalog on Hugging Face. It is indexed for African data discovery with standardized metadata, loading guidance, provenance notes, and analyst-oriented context.
What This Dataset Covers
Education datasets help researchers study access, participation, attainment, learning systems, staffing, and infrastructure.
Dataset context from the existing Hugging Face card: CAMEROON - Education indicators, UNECA Publisher: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa · Source: HDX · License: cc-by-igo · Updated: 2024-09-13 Abstract This dataset contains many indicators in education such as as Net enrolment rate in primary education, Ratio of girls to boys in primary education, etc. The whole list and their description can be find in this link https://bit.ly/2NWP6Z1 Each row in this dataset represents tabular records. Data was last updated… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-cameroon-uneca-education.
Dataset Profile
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Hugging Face repo | electricsheepafrica/africa-cameroon-uneca-education |
| Sector | education |
| Topic tags | humanitarian, hdx, electric-sheep-africa, education, indicators, literacy, cmr |
| Modalities | tabular, text |
| Formats | parquet |
| Size category | n<1K |
| Countries | Cameroon |
| ISO3 coverage | CMR |
| Last modified on HF | 2026-04-14 06:23:14+00:00 |
| Inventory snapshot | 2026-07-16T16:00:34Z |
How To Read This Dataset
- Start from the repository files and the dataset viewer when available.
- Treat the README context as a fast orientation layer; confirm variable definitions and units in the data files before modeling.
- Use explicit country columns when present. When geography is only implied by the title or source metadata, document that assumption in downstream analysis.
- Preserve missing values until you have a defensible imputation rule.
Usage
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-cameroon-uneca-education")
print(ds)
split_name = next(iter(ds))
table = ds[split_name]
print(table.features)
print(table[:3])
Convert To Pandas When Tabular
from datasets import Dataset
first_split = ds[next(iter(ds))]
if isinstance(first_split, Dataset):
df = first_split.to_pandas()
print(df.head())
Data Quality Notes
- This card was standardized from the Electric Sheep Africa Hugging Face metadata inventory.
- Exact schema, row counts, and source files should be inspected in the repository data files.
- Metadata gaps from the inventory: upstream_publisher.
- Do not infer policy meaning from labels alone; confirm definitions, units, and methods in the source material.
Source And Provenance
- Source context: original
- Publisher/source attribution: original
- License: CC BY 4.0
- Hugging Face URL: https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-cameroon-uneca-education
- Inventory retrieved at:
2026-07-16T16:00:34Z
Suggested Analyses
- Inspect schema and missingness before modeling.
- Profile variables by geography, time, and subgroup columns where present.
- Join with other Electric Sheep Africa datasets using explicit country, year, and indicator fields when available.
- Build reproducible notebooks that cite both the original source context and the Electric Sheep Africa Hugging Face repo.
Citation
@misc{electric_sheep_africa_africa_cameroon_uneca_education_2026,
title = {CAMEROON - Education indicators, UNECA | Africa (original)},
author = {original},
year = {2026},
url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-cameroon-uneca-education},
publisher = {Hugging Face Datasets, engineered by Electric Sheep Africa},
howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-cameroon-uneca-education}}
}
License
Released under CC BY 4.0.
Original source rights remain with the original publisher or data provider. Electric Sheep Africa engineering standardizes discovery metadata, documentation, and usage guidance for analysis on Hugging Face.
About Electric Sheep Africa
Electric Sheep Africa publishes ML-ready African public datasets on Hugging Face.
Provenance: metadata-backed README standardized 2026-08-12 by the Electric Sheep Africa README system. Inventory source: catalog/esa_metadata_inventory/master_metadata.jsonl.
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