Country
Lebanon
- Region
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
- Income group
- lower middle income
- Capital
- Beirut
- ISO code
- LB · LBN
73 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 5.8M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 10,469 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 77.9 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 1.9 t CO₂
Population
- Population 5.8M 2025 115th of 214
- Population density 568 people/km² 2024 17th of 212
- Population growth 0.75 % per year 2025 116th of 214
- Natural increase 10.2 per 1,000 people 2023 94th of 228
- Net migration -1.7 per 1,000 people 2025 149th of 214
- Fertility rate 2.23 births per woman 2024 89th of 214
- Urban population 91.0 % 2025 30th of 214
- Median age 28.3 years 2023 138th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 10.4 % 2025 94th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 16.3 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 90th of 214
- Children under 15 25.6 % 2025 91st of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 77.9 years 2024 70th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 79.9 years 2024 87th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 75.9 years 2024 63rd of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 4.0 years 2024 164th of 214
- Infant mortality 15.3 per 1,000 births 2024 81st of 195
- Under-5 mortality 17.6 per 1,000 births 2024 82nd of 195
- Maternal mortality 15 per 100,000 births 2023 133rd of 193
- Health spending per person 261 USD 2023 116th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 644 $ (PPP) 2023 119th of 191
- Physicians 2.68 per 1,000 people 2020 69th of 179
- Hospital beds 2.7 per 1,000 people 2021 67th of 150
- Measles immunization 67 % 2024 171st of 191
- Undernourishment 11.1 % 2024 49th of 165
- Tobacco use 46.9 % 2024 2nd of 165
- Calorie supply 2,828 kcal per day 2023 110th of 175
- Meat supply 38.2 kg per person per year 2023 112th of 175
Economy
- GDP 26B USD 2024 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita 4,473 USD 2024 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita (PPP) 10,469 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2024 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita since 1820 10,341 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 94th of 165
- GDP growth -7.1 % 2024 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita growth -7.6 % 2024 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Inflation 14.6 % 2025 9th of 169
- Unemployment 11.0 % 2023 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Youth unemployment 22.7 % 2023 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Youth not in education, employment or training 23.5 % 2019 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Trade 82 % of GDP 2024 85th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 35.5 2022 70th of 151
- Extreme poverty 5.8 % 2022 53rd of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 1.0 % of GDP 2024 164th of 187
- Women in the labour force 22.2 % 2023 not ranked – no value for 2025
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.752 2023 102nd of 192
- Literacy rate 92.0 % 2019 61st of 122
- Education spending 1.3 % of GDP 2022 156th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 63 % 2023 124th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 54 % 2023 63rd of 127
- Primary completion rate 67 % 2023 124th of 135
- Women in parliament 6.2 % 2025 170th of 183
- Homicide rate 2.2 per 100,000 people 2020 70th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 81 % 2024 98th of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 74 per 100 people 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Fixed broadband 7.3 per 100 people 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Access to electricity 100.0 % 2024 1st of 212
- Safe drinking water 48 % 2024 109th of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 26 % 2024 114th of 140
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 11.0 Mt CO₂ 2024 105th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 1.9 t CO₂ 2024 116th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 2.70 t CO₂ 2024 117th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.8 Gt CO₂ 2024 89th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 3.2 t CO₂e 2024 117th of 201
- Forest area 13.8 % of land 2024 146th of 208
- Water stress 59 % 2022 30th of 176
- Arable land 10.8 % of land 2024 97th of 205
- Renewable energy 6.8 % of final energy 2021 160th of 210
- Renewable electricity 43.8 % of electricity 2024 74th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.2 % of electricity 2024 98th of 193
- Electricity from solar 30.0 % of electricity 2024 4th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 388 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 112th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 920 kWh 2024 135th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 26.7 µg/m³ 2023 57th of 199
Lebanon on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldArabic · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldLebanese pound (LBP)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+2 / UTC+3 in summerSource: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, D, G · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world5 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- Castles map8 castles and palacesSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- VPN provider mapServers of 7 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)