Primary school completion rate in Lebanon

The primary completion rate in Lebanon was 67.3% in 2023.

Measure: Primary school completion rate Unit: % of the relevant age group Data: 1997 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Lebanon, 2023 67.3% % of the relevant age group
Change from 2022 −0.9percentage points 2022: 68.1%
World, 2023 87.3% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 126th of 137 See the full ranking

Primary school completion rate in Lebanon over time

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% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Primary school completion rate (% of the relevant age group), 2001 to 2024
Period LebanonWorld
2024 – 88.0%
2023 67.3% 87.3%
2022 68.1% 91.1%
2021 67.3% 88.7%
2020 67.6% 88.0%
2019 67.6% 87.9%
2018 66.9% 88.1%
2017 67.4% 88.2%
2016 66.1% 88.5%
2015 63.4% 87.9%
2014 62.0% 88.1%
2013 73.8% 88.3%
2012 74.9% 88.1%
2011 75.2% 87.8%
2010 77.5% 88.5%
2009 76.3% 89.0%
2008 78.1% 88.2%
2007 77.2% 86.5%
2006 74.5% 85.3%
2005 72.6% 85.0%
2004 73.6% 84.2%
2003 72.8% 83.5%
2002 70.3% 83.3%
2001 71.3% 82.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.9 percentage points from 68.1% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 73.8%, the figure has changed by −6.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 137 countries with data for 2023, Lebanon has the 126th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 87.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1997 to 2023 for Lebanon
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics