Lebanon's school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) was 67.29% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 7.62 percentage points from 59.68% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 67.29% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 58.12% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 59.68% | 2014 |
| Highest | 67.29% | 2024 |
| Lowest | 52.96% | 2002 |
| Average since 2015 | 59.97% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 57.03% | 1999 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Lebanon's school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) rose 4.36 percentage points on 2023 (from 62.93% to 67.29%).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2023), the average change was +0.25 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.93 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.78 percentage points in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.94 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% of the movement over 10 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 2024, Lebanon had the 3rd highest value of the 73 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 2024 ranking
- Macao SAR, China — 1st of 73: 96.68%
- Belize — 3rd of 73: 66.39%
- Côte d'Ivoire — 4th of 73: 63.32%
- Chile — 5th of 73: 63.23%
What this measures
Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.
Limitations: Religious or private schools, which are not registered with the government or don't follow the common national curriculum, may not be captured.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 26 values
| Year | School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 67.29 |
| 2023 | 62.93 |
| 2022 | 58.15 |
| 2021 | 53.76 |
| 2020 | 56.7 |
| 2019 | 58.12 |
| 2018 | 59.1 |
| 2017 | 60.26 |
| 2016 | 61.18 |
| 2015 | 62.2 |
| 2014 |
School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) in nearby economies
- Algeria — 1.8% (2024)
- Bahrain — 28.11% (2024)
- Djibouti — 11.38% (2023)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 12.96% (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 12.29% (2023)
- Israel — 13.05% (2024)
- Jordan — 21.71% (2024)
- Kuwait — 34.98% (2015)
- Malta — 36.07% (2023)
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 school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary)?
- 67.29% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1999?
- It is up 10.26 percentage points from 57.03% in 1999. The highest value was 67.29% in 2024 and the lowest 52.96% in 2002.
- How does Lebanon rank?
- 3rd highest of 73 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) unusual for Lebanon?
- In 2024, Lebanon's school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) rose 4.36 percentage points on 2023 (from 62.93% to 67.29%). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2023), the average change was +0.25 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.93 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.PRIV.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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