9 answers, 3 from Lebanon's own official bodies, with a link to each figure.
In Beirut, 82% of primary-age children attended primary school in 2023, but attendance at intermediary level ranged from 64% in Beirut to 5% in settlements of displaced Syrians, according to the Sub-National Lebanon MICS 2023 by the Central Administration of Statistics and UNICEF.
These are adjusted net attendance rates: the share of children of the right age for a level who attend that level or a higher one. The survey has no national figure because South Lebanon, Nabatieh and Baalbek-Hermel could not be surveyed for security reasons. Lebanese children attended at higher rates than non-Lebanese at every level.
Primary school completion in 2023 was 85% in Akkar and 84% in Beirut, but 15% in settlements of displaced Syrians, according to the Sub-National Lebanon MICS 2023 by the Central Administration of Statistics and UNICEF. Completion fell at intermediary and secondary level in every area surveyed.
The completion rate is the share of children three to five years above the intended age for the last grade of a level who have completed it. It is from a household survey, not school records. South Lebanon, Nabatieh and Baalbek-Hermel were not surveyed, so there is no national figure.
The Ministry of Education and Higher Education receives 13.2% of Lebanon's 2026 state budget, according to the Ministry of Finance. Total budgeted spending is LBP 538,415.6 billion.
This is the ministry's share of planned central government spending, approved before the year began. It does not include spending by families on private schools or aid from donors. Only military and security bodies receive a larger share of the budget, at 38.2%.
The figures below use one definition for every country, so they can differ from national figures.
63.8%: that is gross secondary school enrolment in Lebanon for 2024, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Since 2005 it has ranged from 58.1% (2015) to 73.8% (2011). Across Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan the middle value was 95.1%, and Lebanon placed 11th highest of 13. Worldwide: 87th of 100.
According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, gross tertiary enrolment in Lebanon was 54.4% in 2023. The peak was 58.2% in 2022 and the low 36.9% in 2005. Across Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan the middle value was 50.9%, and Lebanon placed 6th highest of 12. Worldwide: 60th of 120.
The latest figure from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, for 2019, is 92.0%. It was 91.2% in 2009. It is 2nd highest of 5 in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, where the median is 87.4%. Worldwide: 31st of 55.
In 2024, government spending on education in Lebanon was 1.2% of GDP, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. It is the bottom of the series, which starts in 2005. World rank, highest first: 36th of 36.
In 2017, the number of primary pupils per teacher in Lebanon was 12, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Its high point since 2005 was 2005, at 15; its low point was 2013, at 12. Across Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan the middle value was 19, and Lebanon placed 11th highest of 16. World rank, highest first: 100th of 130.
67.3%: that is the primary completion rate in Lebanon for 2023, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. The peak was 78.1% in 2008 and the low 62.0% in 2014. Across Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan the middle value was 95.4%, and Lebanon placed 13th highest of 14. World rank, highest first: 120th of 131.
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