Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Lebanon
Lebanon: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 1.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Lebanon, 1993–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 1.2% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.6% on the previous year and down 49.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Lebanon peaked at 2.8% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2024.
Lebanon ranks 194th of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.0% | 1.7% | 2.2% | 4 |
| 2000s | 2.5% | 1.8% | 2.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 1.6% | 2.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
More education data for Lebanon
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 25.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 81.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 36,699 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.23 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 81.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Lebanon?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Lebanon was 1.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2001.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2024.
- How does Lebanon rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Lebanon ranks 194th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.