Lower secondary completion rate, total in Lebanon
Lebanon: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 52.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Lebanon, 1973–2023
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 52.9% for lower secondary completion rate, total in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.5% on the previous year and down 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Lebanon peaked at 61.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 34.8%, in 1973.
Lebanon ranks 151st of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 34.8% | — |
| 1997 | 43.5% | +24.9% |
| 1999 | 53.7% | +23.3% |
| 2000 | 59.4% | +10.7% |
| 2001 | 54.0% | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 52.5% | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 54.7% | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 55.2% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 56.2% | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 59.0% | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 59.4% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 58.6% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 60.4% | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 60.2% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 61.1% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 61.4% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 60.9% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 46.9% | -23.0% |
| 2015 | 50.0% | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 50.1% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 51.7% | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 53.6% | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 55.8% | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 54.5% | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 61.1% | +12.1% |
| 2022 | 56.0% | -8.3% |
| 2023 | 52.9% | -5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 34.8% | 34.8% | 34.8% | 1 |
| 1990s | 48.6% | 43.5% | 53.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 56.9% | 52.5% | 60.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 55.2% | 46.9% | 61.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.1% | 52.9% | 61.1% | 4 |
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More education data for Lebanon
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -5.86 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 33,038 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 3,661 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 135,225 (2019)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.08 % change on previous year (2019)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 107,417 (2019)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 7.38 % change on previous year (2019)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Lebanon?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Lebanon was 52.9% in 2023, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 61.4% in 2012.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.8% in 1973.
- How does Lebanon rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Lebanon ranks 151st out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.