Education in Libya

96 indicators covering education for Libya.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th
Population ages 0-14 26.8% 2025 down 13.5% 85th
Population ages 15-64 68.0% 2025 up 5.4% 50th
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
School enrollment, primary 107.0% 2006 down 9.4% 49th
Primary education, teachers 42,696 1983 up 140.3% 91st
School enrollment, primary, female 104.4% 2006 down 11.3% 58th
School enrollment, primary, male 109.5% 2006 down 7.6% 44th
Labor force, total 2.62 million 2025 up 17.6% 121st
Labor force, female 33.9% 2025 up 0.3% 158th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9577 GPI 2006 down 2.9% 164th
School enrollment, secondary 97.6% 2006 72nd
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.1 per 1,000 2024 down 38.9% 105th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.2 per 1,000 2024 down 33.3% 112th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2.6 per 1,000 2024 down 44.7% 123rd
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 3.1 per 1,000 2024 down 62.2% 132nd
Secondary education, teachers 30,673 1983 up 380.8% 111th
School enrollment, secondary, female 105.6% 2006 43rd
School enrollment, secondary, male 90.0% 2006 102nd
School enrollment, tertiary 58.5% 2003 up 292.8% 66th
School enrollment, primary, private 4.7% 2006 up 110.4% 151st
School enrollment, preprimary 9.8% 2006 up 124.5% 183rd
School enrollment, tertiary, male 55.0% 2003 up 258.0% 63rd
School enrollment, tertiary, female 62.3% 2003 up 333.3% 80th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.18 GPI 2006 10th
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.12 GPI 2003 up 19.4% 119th
Secondary education, teachers, female 8,483 1983 up 1,360.1% 121st
Primary completion rate, male 93.8% 1983 up 25.8% 91st
Primary completion rate, female 86.1% 1983 up 129.7% 135th
Secondary education, general pupils 619,940 2003 85th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 9.7% 2006 up 124.0% 179th
School enrollment, preprimary, male 9.9% 2006 up 125.0% 180th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 81.6% 1980 down 8.1% 120th
Secondary education, general pupils 49.8% 2003 103rd
Children out of school 4.5% 1983 down 78.7% 88th
Primary education, pupils 755,338 2006 down 8.1% 93rd
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st
Secondary education, pupils 732,614 2006 92nd
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 84.4% 1980 down 9.0% 102nd
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 78.6% 1980 down 3.8% 118th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 178,052 2003 up 46.7% 52nd
Number of infant deaths, female 424 2024 down 37.7% 107th
Number of infant deaths, male 544 2024 down 38.7% 107th
Number of under-five deaths, female 535 2024 down 39.1% 106th
Number of under-five deaths, male 674 2024 down 39.8% 105th
Children out of school, female 5.1% 1983 down 82.5% 86th
Children out of school, male 4.0% 1983 down 70.9% 100th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 53.0% 2003 16th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 108.5% 1983 down 6.4% 45th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 15.5% 2025 down 6.5% 11th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 25.2% 2025 down 2.7% 10th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 18.8% 2025 down 4.7% 10th
Primary education, teachers 53.0% 1983 up 123.1% 166th
Repeaters, primary, total 9.6% 1983 up 23.6% 31st
Persistence to grade 5, total 86.4% 1980 down 4.0% 101st
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 380 2024 down 56.8% 109th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 356 2024 down 32.2% 101st
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 176 2024 down 19.6% 105th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 146 2024 down 40.9% 106th