Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Lebanon
Lebanon: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 1.2% in 2011. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Lebanon, 2000–2011
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Lebanon is 1.2%, measured in 2011. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 33.0% on the previous year and up 114.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Lebanon peaked at 1.2% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2004.
Lebanon ranks 16th of 111 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.5% | — |
| 2001 | 0.6% | +10.5% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | +24.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | -42.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | +11.4% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | +135.4% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | -22.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | +33.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
- 13 Seychelles 1.3%
- 14 Namibia 1.3% compare
- 15 Lesotho 1.3%
- 17 Saudi Arabia 1.2% compare
- 18 United Arab Emirates 1.2%
- 19 Australia 1.2% compare
More education data for Lebanon
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 36,699 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 25.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Lebanon?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Lebanon was 1.2% in 2011, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 2011.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2004.
- How does Lebanon rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Lebanon ranks 16th out of 111 countries with data for 2011.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 114.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Services programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release