Education in Lebanon 101 indicators covering education for Lebanon. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Population ages 0-14 25.6% 2025 down 0.8% 92nd Population ages 15-64 64.0% 2025 down 5.1% 119th School enrollment, primary 81.8% 2024 up 4.1% 192nd Primary education, teachers 36,699 2024 down 5.9% 101st School enrollment, primary, female 81.4% 2024 up 5.5% 191st School enrollment, primary, male 82.1% 2024 up 2.9% 188th Labor force, female 26.8% 2023 down 1.1% 167th Labor force, total 1.84 million 2023 down 6.6% 128th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9115 GPI 1985 down 2.3% 187th School enrollment, secondary 63.8% 2024 up 7.6% 156th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 3.3 per 1,000 2024 up 135.7% 47th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 2.8 per 1,000 2024 up 100.0% 52nd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 5.2 per 1,000 2024 up 79.3% 53rd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 7.6 per 1,000 2024 up 123.5% 58th Secondary education, teachers 45,252 2023 down 4.6% 92nd School enrollment, secondary, female 67.5% 2024 up 8.8% 156th School enrollment, secondary, male 60.3% 2024 up 6.6% 160th School enrollment, tertiary 54.4% 2023 up 12.6% 77th School enrollment, primary, private 75.5% 2024 up 6.4% 5th School enrollment, preprimary 54.3% 1985 down 17.4% 114th School enrollment, tertiary, female 57.1% 2019 up 24.3% 89th School enrollment, tertiary, male 43.5% 2019 up 14.4% 79th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.24 GPI 2019 up 5.6% 88th Secondary education, teachers, female 32,595 2023 up 6.6% 78th Primary completion rate, female 68.6% 2023 down 8.1% 164th Primary completion rate, male 66.0% 2023 down 9.4% 168th Government expenditure on education, total 1.2% 2024 down 49.7% 191st Secondary education, general pupils 339,951 2018 up 3.7% 112th Lower secondary completion rate, total 52.9% 2023 down 13.2% 151st School enrollment, preprimary, female 53.9% 1985 down 14.4% 115th School enrollment, preprimary, male 54.6% 1985 down 20.0% 111th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 92.7% 2022 down 0.6% 89th Government expenditure on education, total 8.6% 2025 up 20.2% 167th Secondary education, general pupils 53.1% 2018 down 1.5% 13th Lower secondary completion rate, female 58.0% 2023 down 13.2% 145th Lower secondary completion rate, male 48.1% 2023 down 13.0% 155th Children out of school 22.5% 2024 down 14.3% 26th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 533,550 2024 up 10.9% 109th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 417,800 2024 up 12.8% 115th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 95.8% 2022 down 0.5% 63rd Persistence to last grade of primary, male 89.8% 2022 down 0.8% 90th Secondary education, vocational pupils 62,551 2018 up 9.7% 84th Number of infant deaths, female 624 2024 up 12.4% 99th Number of infant deaths, male 790 2024 up 14.7% 98th Number of under-five deaths, female 725 2024 up 16.0% 99th Number of under-five deaths, male 914 2024 up 18.1% 99th Children out of school, female 22.4% 2024 down 16.5% 25th Children out of school, male 22.7% 2024 down 12.2% 26th Secondary education, vocational pupils 41.0% 2018 up 2.3% 101st Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 14.5% 2023 up 18.7% 24th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 9.7% 2023 up 36.8% 35th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 11.0% 2023 up 29.6% 34th Primary education, teachers 90.0% 2024 up 3.3% 31st Repeaters, primary, total 6.3% 2018 down 28.5% 53rd Persistence to grade 5, total 95.4% 2022 down 0.7% 67th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 332 2024 up 133.8% 81st Page 1 of 2 Next →