October 20, 2026
Lebanon ranked 72nd globally out of 98 countries, and 11th in the Arab world, in a recent index that measures the extent of integration between artificial intelligence skills and basic human skills, ranking it within the category of countries with “emerging performance” in this field.
These results came in a report issued by the “Lebanese Credit Bank” on October 13, 2026, based on the “Global Skills Report” issued by the e-learning platform “Coursera”, which classifies countries located between 51 and 75 in the world within the category of “emerging” countries.
This indicator does not measure the level of general education or the competence of the Lebanese workforce in various professions, but rather focuses exclusively on the extent of learners’ success in acquiring artificial intelligence skills in parallel with basic human skills, such as critical thinking, solving complex problems, decision-making, and ethics. The classification is based 60% on learning data on the “Coursera” platform, and 40% on the “Government AI Readiness Index” issued by Oxford Insights for the year 2025.
On the Arab level, the United Arab Emirates topped the list by ranking sixth globally, followed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ranked 25th, then Egypt ranked 43rd, Qatar ranked 46th, and Bahrain ranked 48th. Globally, Germany topped the rankings, followed by France, Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong, while Lebanon ranked 72nd, only three places below the minimum for the emerging countries category.
The report was based on educational data that includes more than 300 million users registered on the “Coursera” and “Udemy” platforms, revealing an unprecedented boom in the demand for learning modern technologies. The registration rate in generative artificial intelligence courses reached about 45 registrations per minute, compared to 25 registrations in 2025, coinciding with an increase in registrations in critical thinking courses by 107% on an annual basis.
These indicators confirm the growing global need to combine technical skills and human capabilities in various work sectors. In the Lebanese context, this ranking reflects the existing challenges in developing digital and human skills in parallel with improving the environment supporting artificial intelligence, while emphasizing that this ranking does not in any way reflect the low efficiency of the Lebanese workforce in general.
