Lebanon's persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort) was 93.85% in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 7.96 percentage points from 85.89% in 2017.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 93.85% | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 85.89% | 2017 |
| Highest | 95.21% | 2006 |
| Lowest | 84.21% | 2015 |
| Average since 2013 | 89.75% | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | 87.22% | 1999 |
Over five years it is up 7.96 percentage points from 85.89% in 2017. Since 1999 it is up 6.63 percentage points from 87.22% in 1999. The World Bank has no value for 3 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2022, Lebanon's persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort) fell 0.35 percentage points on 2021 (from 94.2% to 93.85%).
Across the 16 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2021), the average change was +1.23 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.96 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.87 percentage points in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.19 percentage points in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2013 to 2022 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 9 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2022, Lebanon had the 10th highest value of the 16 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Lebanon in the 2022 ranking
- Sri Lanka — 7th of 16: 97.28%
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 8th of 16: 96.63%
- South Africa — 9th of 16: 96.38%
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 11th of 16: 93.58%
- Lesotho — 12th of 16: 79.7%
- Jamaica — 13th of 16: 79.07%
What this measures
Persistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
Limitations: The estimates have limitations in capturing real trend in that an observed rate will be applied to the underlying indicators such as repetition rate and promotion rate throughout the cohort life, and re-entrants, grade skipping, migration or transfers during a school year are not adequately captured.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 21 values
| Year | Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 93.85 |
| 2021 | 94.2 |
| 2020 | 87.79 |
| 2019 | 86.62 |
| 2018 | 86.22 |
| 2017 | 85.89 |
| 2016 | 94.08 |
| 2015 | 84.21 |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | 94.9 |
| 2012 |
Persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort) in nearby economies
- Algeria — 91.92% (2021)
- Bahrain — 97.32% (2023)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 99.69% (2020)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 96.63% (2022)
- Israel — 99.53% (2023)
- Jordan — 96.41% (2023)
- Malta — 96.46% (2021)
- Morocco — 94.07% (2023)
- Oman — 98.29% (2016)
- Pakistan — 61.29% (2018)
More education data for Lebanon
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 533,550 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 81.77% (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils — 417,800 (2024)
- School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 63.79% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 81.4% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 82.12% (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Lebanon's persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort)?
- 93.85% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1999?
- It is up 6.63 percentage points from 87.22% in 1999. The highest value was 95.21% in 2006 and the lowest 84.21% in 2015.
- How does Lebanon rank?
- 10th highest of 16 economies with data for 2022.
- Is the latest change in persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort) unusual for Lebanon?
- In 2022, Lebanon's persistence to grade 5, male (% of cohort) fell 0.35 percentage points on 2021 (from 94.2% to 93.85%). Across the 16 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2021), the average change was +1.23 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.96 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.PRS5.MA.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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