School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Lebanon
Lebanon: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.11 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Lebanon, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Lebanon stood at 1.11 GPIA.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Lebanon peaked at 1.12 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.697 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Lebanon 25th out of 213 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.697 GPIA | — |
| 1973 | 0.7919 GPIA | +13.6% |
| 1982 | 1.04 GPIA | +31.6% |
| 1985 | 0.9832 GPIA | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 1.09 GPIA | +10.4% |
| 1994 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 1.12 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 1.1 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 1.11 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 1.11 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.11 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 1.1 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 1.11 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 1.1 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 1.1 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 1.1 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 1.1 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 1.1 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.12 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 1.11 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 1.11 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 1.11 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 1.11 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 1.1 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 1.09 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 1.09 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.07 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 1.09 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 1.09 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 1.11 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 1.12 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 1.12 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1.1 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 1.1 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.12 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 1.11 GPIA | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7444 GPIA | 0.697 GPIA | 0.7919 GPIA | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9832 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.1 GPIA | 1.08 GPIA | 1.12 GPIA | 7 |
| 2000s | 1.11 GPIA | 1.1 GPIA | 1.12 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 1.12 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.11 GPIA | 1.1 GPIA | 1.12 GPIA | 5 |
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More education data for Lebanon
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 81.77 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 81.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Lebanon?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Lebanon was 1.11 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 1.12 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.697 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Lebanon rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Lebanon ranks 25th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. 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 School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release