According to a 2013 World Economic Forum report, Lebanon was ranked 10th in overall quality of education, and 5th in science and mathematics. However, these rankings are based on the Executive Opinion Survey, in which business leaders of each country give their opinion on the educational system in their own country. This survey is carried out as part of the WEF's Global Competitiveness Report. According to Muhammad Faour, a nonresident senior associate at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, "this assessment is a significant departure from the results of student achievement tests in every international test Lebanon and Qatar have participated.