Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Lebanon

Gross tertiary enrolment in Lebanon was 54.4% in 2023.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1971 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Lebanon, 2023 54.4% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2022 −3.8percentage points 2022: 58.2%
World, 2023 43.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 63rd of 128 See the full ranking

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Lebanon over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period LebanonWorld
2024 – 43.6%
2023 54.4% 43.2%
2022 58.2% 42.0%
2021 56.9% 41.1%
2020 51.6% 39.7%
2019 50.1% 38.7%
2018 47.2% 37.9%
2017 44.2% 37.5%
2016 42.5% 37.1%
2015 39.3% 36.6%
2014 42.9% 35.6%
2013 48.3% 33.1%
2012 44.9% 32.3%
2011 45.5% 31.1%
2010 42.2% 29.6%
2009 41.9% 28.3%
2008 41.8% 27.4%
2007 40.5% 26.3%
2006 38.1% 25.7%
2005 36.9% 24.3%
2004 34.9% 23.6%
2003 33.0% 22.8%
2002 33.2% 21.6%
2001 31.8% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.8 percentage points from 58.2% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 48.3%, the figure has changed by +6.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 128 countries with data for 2023, Lebanon has the 63rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 43.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 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