Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Libya

Libya: Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in was 12 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
12
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
19th
of 183 countries
All-time high
12
in 2018
All-time low
9
in 1998
Years of data
22
1998–2019

Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Libya, 1998–2019

02.557.51012.51998200820191998: 91999: 92000: 92001: 92002: 92003: 92004: 92005: 92006: 92007: 92008: 92009: 92010: 92011: 92012: 92013: 92014: 92015: 92016: 92017: 92018: 122019: 12

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

Libya recorded 12 for number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in 2019. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

The figure is up 33.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Libya peaked at 12 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 9, in 1998.

Libya ranks 19th of 183 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Libya, year by year

Annual values for Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks in Libya, 1998 to 2019.
Year Value Change
1998 9
1999 9 +0.0%
2000 9 +0.0%
2001 9 +0.0%
2002 9 +0.0%
2003 9 +0.0%
2004 9 +0.0%
2005 9 +0.0%
2006 9 +0.0%
2007 9 +0.0%
2008 9 +0.0%
2009 9 +0.0%
2010 9 +0.0%
2011 9 +0.0%
2012 9 +0.0%
2013 9 +0.0%
2014 9 +0.0%
2015 9 +0.0%
2016 9 +0.0%
2017 9 +0.0%
2018 12 +33.3%
2019 12 +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 9 9 9 2
2000s 9 9 9 10
2010s 9.6 9 12 10

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Libya?
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in in Libya was 12 in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in recorded in Libya?
The highest recorded value was 12 in 2018.
What is the lowest number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in recorded in Libya?
The lowest recorded value was 9 in 1998.
How does Libya rank for number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in?
Libya ranks 19th out of 183 countries with data for 2019.
Is number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in rising or falling in Libya?
Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Libya data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 3,698 data points, 1998–2020
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Number of years of primary and secondary education to which children and young people are legally entitled that are free from tuition fees. Most countries have legislation specifying the ages and the level of education (typically pre-primary or primary education) at which children should start school. Such legislation usually also specifies either the number of years of education that are guaranteed or the age at which young people may leave education or, in some cases, both. The number of years of primary and secondary education to which children are legally entitled should ideally be the number of grades of primary and secondary education which young people are expected to have completed before being legally eligible to leave school. Years of pre-primary education covered by the legal entitlement should be excluded from this indicator. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/