World Data Atlas Topics Education

Literacy in Lebanon

Demographics Age (% in 2019)
Adult 95.3 WB + 1 other
Youth 1 WB
Gender (% in 2019)
Male 97.01 WB
Female 93.61 WB
Middle East (%)
Cyprus 99.36 in 2021 WB + 1 other
Jordan 98.42 in 2021 WB + 1 other
United Arab Emirates 98.29 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Saudi Arabia 97.59 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Bahrain 97.46 in 2018 UNDP + 1 other
Palestine 97.38 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Oman 97.34 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Turkey 96.74 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Kuwait 96.46 in 2020 WB + 1 other
Lebanon 95.3 in 2019 WB + 1 other
Qatar 93.46 in 2017 UNDP + 1 other
Israel 91.75 in 1983 WB
Iran 88.96 in 2022 WB + 1 other
Syrian Arab Republic 86.3 in 2014 WB
Iraq 85.6 in 2017 UNDP + 1 other
Yemen 54.1 in 2004 WB
Education Indicators
Completion Rate 43.67 % in 1997 WB
Duration 6 years in 2022 WB
Educational Attainment 53.15 % in 2007 WB
Enrollment Rate 71.39 % in 2022 WB
Literacy 95.3 % in 2019 WB + 1 other
Not in Education 30.63 % in 1998 WB
Pupil–Teacher Ratio 4.99 ratio in 2014 WB
School Life Expectancy 8.6 years in 2022 UNDP + 1 other
Starting Age 12 years in 2022 WB
Education Indicators