International Rankings of Lebanon 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Lebanon, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Lebanon, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	117	7.19	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	94	420000	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	68	78.18 %	2018
Internet users - total	86	4.769 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	101	15.10	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	79	882175	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	175	72.55	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	129	4.238 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	80	15.380 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	83	11.620 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	89	6.90 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	183	12.370 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	81	33.077 billion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	99	51	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	112	54	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	96	78	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	120	58	2020
Exports	131	3.524 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	89	53.253 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	136	23.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	97	13.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	15	87.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	94	46.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	75	21.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	50	0.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	115	3.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	145	13.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	19	83.00 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	101	32 %	2011
Gross national saving	146	3	2019
Imports	88	18.340 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	108	21.10 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	58	2.80 %	2019
Labor force	121	2.166 million US Dollars	2016
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	47	39 %	2009
Population below poverty line	61	27 %	2011
Public debt	4	146.80 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	91	99.761 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	96	1.50 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	112	14552 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	37	55.420 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	111	21.50 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	60	9.70 %	2007
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	84	23.360 million	2017
Electricity - consumption	78	15.710 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	11	88	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	59	11	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	40	1	2017
Electricity - imports	103	69.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	111	2.346 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	82	17.590 billion	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	66	154000	2016
Refined petroleum products - imports	42	151100 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	78	25 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	132	3 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	53	31 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	33	63	2018
Land use - arable land	84	12	2018
Land use - forest	134	13	2018
Land use - other	104	23	2018
Land use - permanent crops	20	12	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	33	39	2018
Total renewable water resources	147	4.503 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	98	700.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	54	900.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	108	240.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	174	1.23	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	21	89	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	72	2.040 million tons	2014
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	72	163200 tons	2014
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	63	8.00 %	2014
Geography
Area - land	163	10230 sq km	N/A
Area - total	165	10400 sq km	N/A
Area - water	129	170 sq km	N/A
Coastline	127	225 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	46	3088 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	20	1250 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	88	1040 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	136	484 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	33	63	2018
Land use - arable land	84	12	2018
Land use - forest	134	13	2018
Land use - other	104	23	2018
Land use - permanent crops	20	12	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	33	39	2018
Total renewable water resources	146	4.503 billion	2017
Population Density	23	514.31 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	11	4 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	109	14.98	1357
Age structure - 25-54 years	18	46.69	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	98	9.62	N/A
Birth rate	128	13.35 births/1,000 population	2021
Current Health Expenditure	28	8 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	153	5.57 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	79	11.20 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	75	8.90 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	114	48.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	91	37.20 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	52	3 % of GDP	2013
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	100	2700	2020
Hospital bed density	42	2.70 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	148	6.60 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	153	7.78 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	154	7.20 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	69	80 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	45	77 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	57	79 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	92	29.00	2017
Median age - female	70	34 years	2020
Median age - male	65	33 years	N/A
Median age - total	66	34 years	N/A
Net migration rate	107	0.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	18	32.00 %	2016
Physicians density	77	2.10 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	119	5.261 million	2021
Population growth rate	108	0.68 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	11	99 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	97	1 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	11	11 years	2014
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	12 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	22	1.03	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	31	0.91	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	36	0.75 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	17	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	112	1.71 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	61	21	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	34	25	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	47	23	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	175	1.23	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	21	89	2021
Transportation
Airports	114	8	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	2	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	73	5	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	56	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	93	3	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	64	56.570 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	72	2.982 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	81	21.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	108	401 km	2017

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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