Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Lebanon
Lebanon: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9933 index in 2024. ▬ Flat
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Lebanon, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2024, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Lebanon stood at 0.9933 index. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Lebanon peaked at 0.9933 index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8823 index, in 1971.
Lebanon ranks 120th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.8823 index | — |
| 1974 | 0.9459 index | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 0.9567 index | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.9335 index | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 0.9263 index | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.9842 index | +6.3% |
| 1992 | 0.9861 index | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.9908 index | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.9833 index | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.9837 index | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.9682 index | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.9651 index | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.9675 index | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.9663 index | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.9742 index | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9721 index | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9749 index | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9738 index | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9744 index | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9783 index | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9749 index | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9731 index | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9777 index | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9707 index | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9683 index | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9682 index | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9664 index | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9675 index | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9637 index | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9667 index | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9746 index | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.976 index | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9769 index | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9774 index | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9711 index | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.978 index | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.982 index | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9933 index | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9141 index | 0.8823 index | 0.9459 index | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.9502 index | 0.9263 index | 0.9842 index | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.9778 index | 0.9651 index | 0.9908 index | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.974 index | 0.9663 index | 0.9783 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9699 index | 0.9637 index | 0.9769 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9803 index | 0.9711 index | 0.9933 index | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
- 117 Myanmar 0.9937 index compare
- 118 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.9935 index compare
- 119 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9934 index compare
- 121 Ghana 0.9928 index compare
- 122 Republic of Moldova 0.9922 index compare
- 123 Palestine, State of 0.9915 index compare
More health data for Lebanon
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.12 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.46 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,106 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 185 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate -1.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1246 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate -1.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1312 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Lebanon?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Lebanon was 0.9933 index in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9933 index in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8823 index in 1971.
- How does Lebanon rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Lebanon ranks 120th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Lebanon data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.