Over-age students, primary in Lebanon
Lebanon: Over-age students, primary was 6.7% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary in Lebanon, 1974–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 6.7% for over-age students, primary in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Lebanon peaked at 31.3% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 6.7%, in 2018.
That places Lebanon 88th out of 191 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 22.8% | — |
| 1997 | 31.3% | +37.3% |
| 1998 | 15.7% | -49.9% |
| 1999 | 15.1% | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 12.6% | -16.4% |
| 2001 | 11.4% | -9.4% |
| 2002 | 11.6% | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 10.9% | -6.4% |
| 2004 | 10.5% | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 10.0% | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 9.3% | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 9.2% | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 9.1% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 9.1% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 8.5% | -6.8% |
| 2011 | 8.0% | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 7.4% | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 7.1% | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 9.8% | +37.4% |
| 2015 | 8.6% | -11.7% |
| 2016 | 7.5% | -13.0% |
| 2017 | 6.9% | -8.0% |
| 2018 | 6.7% | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 22.8% | 22.8% | 22.8% | 1 |
| 1990s | 20.7% | 15.1% | 31.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 10.4% | 9.1% | 12.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.8% | 6.7% | 9.8% | 9 |
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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 over-age students, primary in Lebanon?
- Over-age students, primary in Lebanon was 6.7% in 2018, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 31.3% in 1997.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.7% in 2018.
- How does Lebanon rank for over-age students, primary?
- Lebanon ranks 88th out of 191 countries with data for 2018.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.