Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Lebanon
Lebanon: Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates was 81.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Lebanon, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 81.8% for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Lebanon peaked at 126.7% in 1971 and was at its lowest, 74.7%, in 2021.
That places Lebanon 203rd out of 217 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 43 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 118.8% | 104.3% | 126.7% | 3 |
| 1980s | 98.0% | 81.6% | 108.4% | 7 |
| 1990s | 80.1% | 76.6% | 86.5% | 8 |
| 2000s | 86.8% | 84.4% | 89.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.7% | 76.5% | 86.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.5% | 74.7% | 81.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
More education data for Lebanon
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 25.6% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 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 primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Lebanon?
- Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Lebanon was 81.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 126.7% in 1971.
- What is the lowest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.7% in 2021.
- How does Lebanon rank for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates?
- Lebanon ranks 203rd out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. 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 Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children of any age group who are enrolled in primary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the official primary school age.