Lebanon

Adult literacy in Lebanon

Adult literacy in Lebanon: 89.6% in 2007 and 92% in 2019, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2019
92%
Since 2007
+2.4 percentage points
World, 2019
86.8%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in LebanonAdult literacy in Lebanon: 89.6% in 2007 and 92% in 2019, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 92.7% in 2018, the lowest 89.6% in 2007.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 92.7% in 2018, the lowest 89.6% in 2007.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearLebanonWorld
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
20199286.8
201892.786.8
2017–86.5
2016–86.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
200991.283.8
2008–83.5
200789.683.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
2000–81.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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