International Rankings of Lebanon 2022, 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	47	6.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	93	432070	2020
Internet users - percent of population	23	84.00 %	2020
Internet users - total	77	6.825 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	42	13.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	75	875480	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	107	63.00	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	126	4.288 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	78	15.380 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	81	11.620 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	85	6.90 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	176	12.370 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	79	33.077 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	85	18.170 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	88	53.253 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	130	23.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	92	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	90	46.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	73	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	109	3.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	139	13.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	17	83.00 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	100	32 %	2011
Imports	69	31.340 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	107	21.10 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	57	2.80 %	2019
Labor force	119	2.166 million US Dollars	2016
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	44	39 %	2009
Population below poverty line	59	27 %	2011
Public debt	4	146.80 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	93	79.510 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP growth rate	92	1.50 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	103	11600 US Dollars	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	36	55.420 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	106	21.50 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	54	9.70 %	2007
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	58	21.40	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	31	24.50	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	41	23.30	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	89	563000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	60	25.275 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	77	25.838 million	2019
Coal - consumption	84	268000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	70	268000 metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	71	18.716 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	70	900.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	97	3.768 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	83	2.219 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	55	0.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	26	94.30 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	107	5.00 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	61	0.50 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	94	53.528 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	61	168500 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	41	151100 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	76	25 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	129	3 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	52	31 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	32	63	2018
Land use - arable land	82	12	2018
Land use - forest	125	13	2018
Land use - other	97	23	2018
Land use - permanent crops	18	12	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	32	39	2018
Total renewable water resources	143	4.503 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	96	700.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	52	900.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	106	240.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	166	1.23	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	18	89	2023
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	61	8.00 %	2014
Geography
Area - land	156	10230 sq km	N/A
Area - total	158	10400 sq km	N/A
Area - water	126	170 sq km	N/A
Coastline	118	225 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	45	3088 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	19	1250 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	86	1040 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	133	484 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	32	63	2018
Land use - arable land	82	12	2018
Land use - forest	125	13	2018
Land use - other	97	23	2018
Land use - permanent crops	18	12	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	32	39	2018
Population Density	22	517.77 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	21	3 % of GDP	2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	104	14.98	1357
Age structure - 25-54 years	17	46.69	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	91	9.62	N/A
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	98	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	133	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	125	13.10 births/1,000 population	2022
Current health expenditure	28	9 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	143	5.57 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	68	15.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	93	6.50 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	66	59.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	76	44.00 %	N/A
Education expenditures	65	2 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	43	2.70 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	141	6.45 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	147	7.60 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	145	7.04 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	67	80 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	45	77 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	51	79 years	N/A
Literacy - female	43	93 %	2018
Literacy - male	25	97 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	37	95 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	91	29.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	68	34 years	2020
Median age - male	64	33 years	N/A
Median age - total	62	34 years	N/A
Net migration rate	105	0.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	15	32.00 %	2016
Physicians density	75	2.21 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	118	5.297 million	2022
Population growth rate	99	0.66 %	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	12	11 years	2014
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	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	19	1.04	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	18	1.03	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	28	0.93	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	30	0.67 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	17	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	6	29 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	18	48 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	6	38 %	2020
Total fertility rate	103	1.71 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	167	1.23	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	18	89	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	58	21.40	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	31	24.50	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	41	23.30	N/A
Transportation
Airports	112	8	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	2	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	71	5	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	56	2	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	91	3	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2021
Heliports	22	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	101	48	N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	63	56.570 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	71	2.982 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	79	21.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	109	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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